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Bogleheads is a pretty good place to learn about conservative investment strategies based on minimizing risk and taxes. If you want to take a very brief look,

• ihsw2 8y ago
  This should be at the very top. Jack Bogle also has great books (including audiobooks) to learn from, albeit dense. `Common Sense on Mutual Funds` is an excellent treatise to the mantra of `time in the market is always superior to timing the market.` Vanguard continues to rocket to the top in every fund market it enters because people are sick and tired of slick salesmen masquerading as financial advisors.
• pembrook 8y ago
  Bogleheads is the definitive resource for learning about investing on the internet, period. Some of the leading academics and financial advisors are active there and will actually respond to posts written about their research. Also, I would recommend subscribing to this: http://www.capitalminded.com http://www.capitalminded.com It's a weekly email newsletter that reminds me of Matt Levine's Money Stuff but with more a Boglehead-type focus. Kind of like a weekly reminder to stay-the-course backed up with some pretty interesting references from history and academic papers. Also, don't fall into the trap of checking CNBC, Yahoo Finance, etc. every day. The reason most retail investors fail to match the performance of the same funds they invest in is because of behavioral errors and getting drawn into the emotional drama of markets.
• ivm 8y ago
  The only downside is that it's mostly US-focused. But I spent two weeks reading it and wrote a guide for non-US investors: https://qotoqot.com/blog/early-retirement/ https://qotoqot.com/blog/early-retirement/