"Investing In Shares For Dummies" Just make sure your reading material matches your expectations. They're going to ultimately teach you the "buy low, sell hig

"Investing In Shares For Dummies" Just make sure your reading material matches your expectations. They're going to ultimately teach you the "buy low, sell high" basics. And that's fine if you are just hobbying. What other folks in this sub-thread are talking about - shorting, puts, calls, futures, speculating against commodities and treasuries (not just buying them)... these are what the pros are doing and probably not going to be covered in 'for Dummies'. Whether or not you'll make/lose more money with one or the other is beyond scope here...