Good books or online sources to learn investing?

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Depends on your goals, but Mr Money Mustache is a good spot to check out. He's extreme for my tastes, but his thought process is solid. Reddit R/personalfinance is also pretty good (though a lot of noise to wade through).

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Investopedia.com. I was planning on going into finance, and read up on a company's financial products via Investopedia to learn about how it worked before the interview. (I got the offer, but ultimately turned it down.) My boyfriend used it to supplement his studying the Series 7/66. As always, WSJ is the gold standard on reporting what's happening in different industries, which can help guide you on what is worth investing.

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Bogleheads. Start there and read the wiki and book list. Also highly recommend the ebook "if you can" by William Bernstein. Should be able to find it free online and can read it in an hour. Great primer

In this order: rich dad poor dad, the little book of common sense investing, a random walk down wall street

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