For just something basic I would think Stocks For the Long Run would be a good place to start. By J. Siegel

Also, The Intelligent Investor, by Ben Graham..... is essential IMO.

A good biography of Warren Buffett is the Making of an American Capitalist, by Lowenstein

Just about any library should have those available to you


These are NOT "how to" books. They are more of a "why" type of approach. The how to is pretty straight forward but the why is the important part.

Thanks for all the help guys.I`m going to do some homework and see what I can learn.

Stay out of crypto.
I have Robinhood and E*TRADE. I like E*TRADE for stock investing easy to use and good tools. Free trades.
Buy what you know. I’m in for long term. I have a couple of dividend kings and aristocrats. I’m on DRIP, dividend reinvestment plan. Buy it forget it.

Markets are down and things look like they will be down for some time, 1-3 years would be a guess. When things are tight there are company’s that still do ok. Food, phone, power, banks, real estate trusts. Good place to start. Look at your home. What foods do you buy at the grocery store? Who makes them. Did you buy at Kroger or Walmart? Do you have ATT or Verizon? How about your work? Look around there. Find staple products that are used daily. Companies that pay dividends. Reinvest.

Over the last 30 years I can see what I put in and what it is now and it is like really nice, We had some down years like 1998 and 2000 and 2008 and 2020 when my wife says put it all in money market as she says its her money as well. Well I did for two month and then reinvested it and made 11%, had I not move it we would have been up maybe 22%.. Now in 2022 mine is still in the market and hers is in money market. So we will see who comes out ahead. We do have one account that is a steady 4.5% and never makes less or more just steady 4.5%. So we have a chunk in those accounts.

With your level of knowledge I would really recommend a full service brokerage for a year or two. Follow jim Krammer on TV but dont get to excited yet. After a year or two then try by yourself......jk

Consider stock index mutual funds. Most are no-load. Do this for 2-3 years, then branch into a few individual stocks that you understand. Don’t invest in past winners. You must first understand what makes a company profitable and what makes it risky.