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Q: Lately I have been reading and listening to all the advice about the stock market and investing.

This is really a subject I have little knowledge about. However, I am interested in investing. I am interested in feedback from the public about how to get started and where to begin research?

Many of the articles I have read have been informative and even helpful, but they were all written by experts and experienced people. I am interested in hearing from 'folk who are starting out also!

A: If you want to invest and want to know where to start, I would suggest that after reading some of the great features here on CharlesRoss.com, you should then be ready to start investing.

That means taking a small amount of money perhaps $250 or more and investing in a mutual fund. Coupled with knowledge, experience is the best teacher of all.

You will learn just as much by doing as by reading. Many investors get what I call analysis/paralysis. They research, research, research and then get overwhelmed at the amount of information they have assimilated and then wind up doing nothing.

Don't fall in that trap read first, then act.