learn how to invest

when i selected this goal, i guess i thought i meant money. but now… would i rather learn to invest in myself, my friends, my mate, my family, my children, the environment, in strangers, in happiness? investing in money seems so… well… superficial and ephemeral at best. wouldnt the real security id hope to attain via investments come through channels other than money? thoughts?

I love Mad Money with Jim Cramer! He makes me want to work on Wall Streeet and get my hands dirty.

it seems that these days everyone is investing their money in something, and i would also like to invest. investing can provide extra spending money woth a little time, and we all can do with extra money!

I’ve been spending some time on the investment speaker Phil Town’s investing blog (Rule #1) after seeing at a Get Motivated seminar, and it’s pretty awesome. He analyzes stocks on a case by case basis and answers reader email about breaking into investing. They say learn from the best, and he seems to have made a lot of money in the market, so I’m taking advantage of his knowledge and already learning a lot without spending a dime.

I can’t say that I’m an expert on the market yet (there are some basic economic theories I want to learn before calling myself a comfortable pro), but already I’ve learned a lot of things I was unable to understand from other books. I’m hoping to pay off my credit card debt by the end of next year, so maybe if I keep reading this investor’s site and practicing analyzing stocks without putting any money into them, I’ll be able to hit the ground running then.

Oh, the URL is http://www.philtown.typepad.com