lol, you never know (about your construction type friends).
we have a guy at my work that comes in once in a while, and chats with his broker. he's a construction guy.
i think he made 75k last year off playing gold futures. its probably at least the same if not more than what he makes at his job.
he totally doesn't "look" like the type of guy that plays the markets.
first you have to figure out if you're more comfortable with technical analysis or fundamental analysis. some people use a little of both. there is no right answer.
the thing about the markets is, no one really knows how it works. you only have degrees of how much you know. hence why people and even those mega institutions still lose money.
you just kind of figure it out as you go along.
u look at the charts... you.. buy low.. sell higher...
it's... kinda like educated gambling. betting on human psychology.
you're probably trying to figure out questions like P/E ratios and all that stuff.
i've never traded a stock in my life, i only trade futures. for those stock questions.. im sure some of the other users are a lot more familiar than I am.
lol ask strykn
he seems to be doing pretty good haha