🐟🐠Best investment book recommendations (stocks, real estate, fundamental analysis etc.). Any books that will really help me to get smart on investing and stock analysis. Also, best trading platforms?

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Intelligent investor and security analysis by Ben graham, don’t read anything else until you read those two in that order....it will probably prevent you from doing what OW said above...”active trading”

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A Random Walk Down Wall Street

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Read Bogleheads guide to investing before you do any active trading

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Intelligent Investor (if you can finish it)

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If you plan to do any active trading, then I recommend Trading in the Zone

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I also second PwC1‘s suggestion

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Following..Great question OP.

I’ve been a Vanguard fund kinda guy but I think it’s time to get a bit more advanced with a portion of my investments.

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My college thesis paper was based on Ben Graham's theories outlined in the intelligent investor. Warren buffet follows graham's theory, so there's that

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The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by Bogle

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awesome! super helpful! May not do active trading, but want a good platform with some capabilities and data on financials and analysis.

Intelligent Investor and One Up on Wall Street

Or just invest in S&P500

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