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[blackjakk]

Hi, I'm obviously new here and I came across this forum in part because my summer is extremely boring and my online internship is completely retarded and mind numbing. I feel like I might as well try something worth while and related to what I want to do with my life so here I am.

I'm going to be a senior at Penn State majoring in Economics. I don't have any experience at all with the stock market minus maybe one or two stock picking competitions for fun. But the stocks I picked were solely based on my personal thoughts about the company and not any real research.

So, where do I start? Are there any tutorials on how to analyze graphs? maybe a list of words that I should know the meanings of? I have a basic knowledge of that but I guess you can assume I was born yesterday. Any programs out there that can make graph analysis less of a pain in the ass AND is noob friendly?

Lastly, i've been looking at GM's stock lately.. and was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy.

[madcowdisease]

Originally Posted by blackjakk

Hi, I'm obviously new here and I came across this forum in part because my summer is extremely boring and my online internship is completely retarded and mind numbing. I feel like I might as well try something worth while and related to what I want to do with my life so here I am.

I'm going to be a senior at Penn State majoring in Economics. I don't have any experience at all with the stock market minus maybe one or two stock picking competitions for fun. But the stocks I picked were solely based on my personal thoughts about the company and not any real research.

So, where do I start? Are there any tutorials on how to analyze graphs? maybe a list of words that I should know the meanings of? I have a basic knowledge of that but I guess you can assume I was born yesterday. Any programs out there that can make graph analysis less of a pain in the ass AND is noob friendly?

Lastly, i've been looking at GM's stock lately.. and was wondering if it would be a good idea to buy.

These forums are chock full of information so I'd advize you to delve right in. It sounds like you are pretty green and not everything discussed here is conducive to comprehension by a beginner. If you ever get lost plug terminology or phrases into the following website.

http://www.investopedia.com/?viewed=1

It also has some respectable tutorials and articles to get you started. Plus, it's free which is a rare thing in this industry.

Oh yea, stay away from GM for the foreseeable future.

[blackjakk]

haha ok. I'm actually doing a lot of reading on investopedia right now. Thanks