How to invest in the stock market?

I am looking for reputable guides and books on investing. I am starting to have a bit more cash these days and I have people I know who have been doing very well in the stock market. I know nothing of these and would really like to learn how to trade stocks, invest, bonds, derivatives, etc. I was looking at books on Amazon but there are so many and I want to books that take into account what has happened during the recession and such for good measure. Any suggestions?

At 27-years-old, how much should I invest in Bonds vs. Stocks or ETFs?

My overall portfolio is currently $26,000 (probably small potatoes for big-time investors), but I’m wondering how to best invest at the moment. We currently have about $3,500 cash and $22,500 in mostly ETFs, but I was told it might be a good idea to invest some of this in bonds or hedge funds.

We can be moderately aggressive since we foresee a minimum 5-year continued investment, and considering our relatively young age. Any thoughts/suggestions? Thanks!

Would investing in Bonds be a good idea?

I’m eighteen years old and have been thinking of possible ways to invest my money for the future and was wondering if investing in bonds from my local bank would be a smart and secure way to do it. Now I don’t know too much about bonds and was wondering how much I might earn in interest or if a bond could be affected by bad economic conditions. So if anyone could help me out I’d really appreciate it.

how much money is invested in bonds and how much in certificates of deposit (more info below)?

Susan purchased some municipal bonds yielding 7% annually and some certificates of deposit yielding 9% annually. If Susan’s investment amounts to $19,000 and the annual interest is $1590, how much money is invested in bonds and how much in certificates of deposit?

HELP WITH HISTORY PLEASE ?

Reading:
Palestine is considered by Christians as the Holy Land, where Jesus lived and taught. Jews also considered this the birth place of Judaism. The Arabs conquered this area in the 600s. Most Arabs were followers of Islam, or Muslims. The Arab leaders tolerated the Jewish and Christian religions. During the 1000s Seljuk Turks, a war- like people who had adopted the Muslim faith, conquered Palestine and begin attacking a part of the Byzantine Empire called the Asia Minor. The Byzantine emperor asked Pope Urban II for help when the Turks threatened the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. The Crusades, the expeditions to regain the Holy Land began in 1096. The Crusades wore a cross of cloth on their clothing and were called crusaders, from the Latin word cruciata, meaning marked with a cross. Mainly people took up the request of the Pope to join the crusades, but not all did for religious reasons. Kings went in part to capture more land. Knights went for adventure; peasants went in hope of receiving land and freedom from service on the manor. Debtors who joined were relieved of all debts, criminals punishments were wiped away. All who joined were promised eternal life if they died while on the crusade.
The First Crusade

The First Crusade (1096-1099) was the only successful crusade. After a very long and hot trip across the Asia Minor in heavy armor and thick garments the crusaders received supplies and reinforcements from Italy as they neared Palestine. They easily captured Jerusalem by slaughtering the Muslims living there. For almost a century the Europeans successfully occupied this area, which they divided into four states.

The Second Crusade

The Second Crusade began in 1147. The Turks had captured Edessa, a European state and threatened Jerusalem. King Louis VII of France and the Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III led separate armies towards the Holy Land. Even when they joined forces near Jerusalem they were no match for the Turks.

The Third Crusade

Around 1187 Saladin, a Muslim leader recaptured Jerusalem. From 1189 to 1192 King Richard the Lion Hearted of England, Frederick Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE) and King Philip Augustus of France each led an army towards the Holy land from Europe. Barbarossa died and Philip retreated before reaching the Holy Land. Richard the Lion Hearted made no significant gains. He was able to negotiate with Saladin, however, and gain access for Christians to Jerusalem.

The Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade caused Christians to fight Christians out of jealousy and frustration. The Western Europeans actually captured Constantinople and plundered the city. After approximately 50 years the Byzantines regained Constantinople, but eventually the empire fell to the Turks.

Results of the Crusades

•There was increased contact between Western Europe and the Middle East.

•Trade and commerce grew.

•Western Europe acquired goods such as sugar, rice, lemons, cotton, and other goods.

•New military strategies such as siege tactics, use of carrier pigeons, and the use of the crossbow.

•Banking and the use of money grew.

•New towns arose.

•The feudal manor declined and the power of the kings increased.

Assignment:
Please create two journal entries. For the first journal entry, you will write as if you are a Crusader. You should discuss the long journey it took for you to reach Jerusalem, your reasons for participating in the Crusades, and any fears you might have. For the second journal entry, you will take on the role of a Muslim living in the city of Jerusalem writing about the Crusaders and the attack on the city. Each part of the assignment should be a minimum of two paragraphs. You can create one journal entry or multiple journal entries for each individual.

Here are some links to get you started. Please note that some of these links are primary source documents.

•Medieval Crusades

•The Crusades (A lot of background)

•Fordham University’s A Christian/Moslem Debate of the 12th Century

•Fordham University’s Usmah Ibn Munqidh (1095-1188): Autobiography, excerpts on the Franks

Can an MBA get you into government/politics?

I am a mechanical engineer starting an MBA at the University of Southern California in a few weeks. During my MBA, I’d like to switch into business strategy and sustainability to help influence enterprises to operate more efficiently. Problem is, it seems many MBAs and business-folk are solely about making money and rabid free trade, un-regulated capitalism. I am passionate about cleaning up corruption in businesses so they can profit while also better serving our community. I am actually sort of more moderate/protectionist with my views of business and trade, which makes me feel sort of like a rebel compared to all the aspiring entrepreuers and financial cats that I will meet in b-school. Long term, I think I’d like to get into working for the government perhaps as a policy maker, analyst or even taking a public office position. I wonder if I am choosing the right degree here, or would a JD better serve my talents/interests? I do see that many of our representatives including 2 senators from North Dakota went the MBA route and our previous president also held an MBA. USC b-school is top-tier, most of their grads go on to a variety of successful careers. Do you guys think this is the correct route for a guy passionate about changing the way we do business should take?

Why do Conservatives identify Anarchism as right-wing when it’s obviously the opposite?

If one looks up Anarchism on the web, it’s ideology sounds anything but right-wing:

Anarchism will be created by the class struggle between the vast majority of society (the working class) and the tiny minority that currently rule. A successful revolution will require that anarchist ideas become the leading ideas within the working class. This will not happen spontaneously. Our role is to make anarchist ideas the leading ideas or as it is sometimes expressed to become a ‘leadership of ideas’.

We work within the trade unions as the major focus of our activity where this is a possibility. We therefore reject views that dismiss activity in the unions. Within them we fight for the democratic structures typical of anarcho – syndicalist unions like the 1930′s CNT. However the unions no matter how revolutionary cannot replace the need for anarchist political organisation(s).

We also see it as vital to work in struggles that happen outside the unions/workplace. These include struggles against particular oppressions, imperialism and indeed the struggles of the working class for a decent place and environment in which to live. Our general approach to these, like our approach to the unions is to involve ourselves wherever the greatest number are found and within this movement to promote anarchist methods of organisation involving direct democracy.

We actively oppose all manifestation of prejudice within the workers movement and identify working alongside those struggling against racism, sexism, [religious] sectarianism and homophobia as a priority. We see the success of a revolution and the success of the elimination of these oppressions after the revolution being determined by the building of such struggles in the pre- revolutionary period.

We oppose imperialism but put forward anarchism as an alternative goal to nationalism. We defend grass root anti-imperialist movements while arguing for an anarchist rather then nationalist strategy.

http://struggle.ws/anarchism/platform.html

Should start-up companies be held responsible for being irresponsible with employees they hire?

Over the summer I worked for two different start-up companies. I was hired to head up their marketing efforts and failed miserably with both because of the unstructured dynamic of each. I’ve been successful in previous positions that I’ve held to lead the marketing efforts at the previous companies I’ve worked for.

The experience has shown me that I’m not the right fit to work for a fledgling company that is just getting their feet off the ground. I’m hired because of my experience, accomplishments and great references but with the last two experiences I’ve seen that these companies have wanted someone to come in and implement a solid strategy and structure but have fought any attempt at trying to organize the unorganized and dysfunction.

My last experience was working with a company that has been in business for 3 years and has had little to no growth. The two partners are constantly at each others throats, don’t speak to each other and speak badly about each other to me an employee who has been with the company for all of 3-months. There exists a lot of animosity between the two partners because I found out my first week that the boyfriend of the one partner used to simultaneously date the other partner.

Neither one of the partners comes to the office. The one partner is busy trying to run the company I work for in addition to trying to run 2 other businesses. She’s so indecisive it gives me whiplash because she agonizes over things to where it’s analysis paralysis and she introduced a new product during their last trade show that she has yet to figure out and launch and now it looks like the company doesn’t have any money because she’s spent over $100K on product development and the company has yet to gross $1 Million in sales. One of the partners spends without any thought to how it affects the business and the other is more frugal and doesn’t spend unless it’s absolutely necessary. They’ve spent thousands of dollars with consultants when they probably should have been seeking therapy. At least for the one partner.

The one partner is supposed to oversee product development but the last project that we did fell into my hands to figure out because she didn’t follow through on something she said she was going to take care of and then didn’t have the time to do it.

The owner has broken into hysterics over her new office being too small. She has also called frantically on a Sunday evening to ask where the lights are in the office. This is just a preview of what I’ve been experiencing.

As a professional I’ve hit some really rough spots during the economic down-turn and have taken positions that have offered in writing what were seemingly opportunities to support a new organization but in turn stepped into a cluster fck.

I’m just surprised the Dept. of Labor doesn’t hold these start-ups responsible for their actions or do they?

I’ve just recently submitted a complaint to the Labor board against a company that I worked very briefly for during the summer for being misclassified as an independent contractor just so they could benefit financially by avoiding payroll fees, etc. I also want to file a complaint against this recent company I worked for as well. Another co-worker succumbed to the same stress and pressure from the company and I’d like to ensure that these types of things are brought to the attention of the Labor board so that small businesses are held more responsible for their actions.

Do I have to report granted stock options on my tax return?

In lieu of payment, I was granted X amount of shares in a private company that is not publicly traded. I did not pay anything for them, and they were not employee ISO options (I am not an employee of the company). They were just given, on paper (a contract; no real stock certificate or anything). Do I have to report the value of what the shares are on my taxes?
Just wanted to add, that these were not stock options. There was nothing to exercise. These were shares. Also, there was no market in which these shares could be traded, or a fair market value assessed to them. I cannot transfer the shares in any way.

Dealership made a error on the finance,what are my options?

I have purchased a used truck and traded in my old car, which I stilled owed money on. They were supposed to roll over the amount I owed on my old car into the new loan but the finance guy forgot too. I signed all the papers and repeatedly stated when we finished signing all the paper, the final numbers and my monthly payments have everything included. The finance personal stated everything is accounted for. It has been two weeks and now he is calling me. I have not called him back. I was wondering what are my options? I do not want to have to pay more, when clearly it was the dealerships fault.

Dealership is asking us to resign papers?

Contacted dealership after we have had vehicle for 11 days becasue we had not recieved a copy of the papers. dealership informs us that we need to come in and resign, I call back and then they also inform me that they are asking for more money down. Traded in two vehicles for one not sure if dealership still ahs the two trade ins. What are my options?

Can a car dealer rescission the contract?

We purchased a new car from a dealer? The negotiation was done. The contract was signed. We put some cash in, took some financing from them and trade in our old vehicle. We left the trade in vehicle and drove the new one.

The dealer called 3 days after the transaction and said the trade-in car was not worth enough what they offered us. They asked more money not to cancel the contract. I refused.

I have not heard them last 2 weeks. Now, they called and told me that they did not send the loan papers to their financial institution, already canceled the contract. They either sent or planed to send me a rescission letter for the contract. Before sending it they asked more money to initiate a new contract. I have a good credit score and it would not be a problem to get a loan if they send the loan application.

What are my legal options?

With an IRA can I pick the stock?

I need an IRA. I want to focus and oversee the market and make my own stock picks. Will this be and option and how do I go about setting it up?

can someone help me find the mathmatical equation for investing and picking the right stocks?

how do u pick the stock and if u want to be a daytrader when do u sell the stocks? i soo confuse. #$(

I tried to offer my stock pick for monday.?

Which was ETWCW but ebery one seems to be against it so how about some suggestions what penny stocks would you pick for monday so i can compare.

how can i invest my “$100,000″ in stocks on yahoo for a finance class? where do i begin?

I have picked my stocks and need to track them daily. Is there a format I can use? Will it automatically do it daily or do I need to manually input my data?

fafsa………?

Okay, I’ve already started my fafsa application. But, I didn’t finish cause I had to wait for them to email me my pins. Now, I have my pin number but, everytime I go back to continue my fafsa application that page takes a super long time to load… (and this is before I enter my pin number)….Right now, I have the page loading and Its been like an hour or soo….

Is fafsa really that busy…or is my computer that slow?? And how am I going to finish my application if the page takes long to load???

Fafsa?????

IF you have both parents, what would happen if you only put one parents income for the FAFSA? What happens if you do not qualify for the FAFSA?

I am filling out my FAFSA and was wondering how to calculate income tax?

When i get to the point in my FAFSA where it asks to enter the income tax, I entered the amount of income I made in 2007 but it says that that’s wrong. How do I calculate income tax without doing my taxes? I won’t receive my W2′s for another few weeks and I want to get my FAFSA done now. Help?

What does it mean when your fafsa has been selected for varification?

My fafsa has been selected what do i do and who do i contact to know what they need to varify?
Also what kind of things do they ask you for?

Investing – Tips on how to learn more?

Hello.

I’m currently enrolled as a student at a University in Norway. It’s my first out of five years. My first semester I got good grades without doing too much, and I definately had time to read some more. I was thinking of reading a book or three extra every semester, depending on the difficulty of my courses.

I’m quite interested in investing. Which books are recommended to learn the basics? Gotta start somewhere.

In advance, thanks!

What are some easy ways and tips to being well off in life? investing? successful business plans?

Please give me some useful tips for investing in mutual fund for the first time.is it a secure investment ?

What is your best investing tip?

For someone who has never invested, doesn’t have a lot of money and wants it to grow fast? I’m young, so I’ve got time, but I want to get a savings going quickly!

Does anyone know anything about penny stocks making big money?

If I am making money (in stocks), does that mean someone else is losing money?

I watch my stocks go up and I was wondering if I am making money does that mean someone else in the world is lost money?
Joey, the problem with that conclusion is that you are assuming your buy of 100 shares at $0.41 is going to show up as the close and therefore ACTUALLY show up for the rest of the world to see, changing the valuation of the company. That is very rare for that to happen, unless you’re trading a stock with a near zero moving volume.

Also for everyone else, yes, as long as the stock keeps increasing in value, nobody is losing money. However, a stock can’t just rise, it also has to fall or the market itself would crash as people would dump all their money into the guarantee gainer and take all their money out of the rest of the market, which devalues the other companies. That would cause the people who invested in the other companies, to lose money as they weren’t able to sell their holdings before it went below where they bought the other stock.

So therefore, you guys are technically wrong. I agree, however, with Tyrus’s assessment because most people have their money in thinks like fun

how do you make money on stocks with all the brokerage fees?

how do you even make money on stocks with the steep fees charged by brokerages?
I understand that you cannot dive in with just a few dollars but at the same time I’m not throwing 5k on a whim for something. Everyone has to start somewhere and I was just curious about how you compensate for the brokerage fees.

Can you make money on ten dollar stocks?

Can you make money on ten dollar stocks?
I’m new to the whole stock market deal. I want to know if i can make money on stocks under ten dollars?

Thanks

What should I change about my resume?

So I am looking for a job and have not been successful so far. I speak 3 languages and I have a Associate Degree and a Trilingual Assistant Degree from Germany and I am 2 classes away from getting my Associates Degree in Business and will continue working on my BA. I am looking for a Administrative Job. I am afraid that my job descriptions don’t sound good. Can someone help me change the description of my last job?

Sales Representative (Broker for Recycling company)
•Contacted new and past clients to purchase plastic scrap materials.
•Customers included traders, processing companies, manufacturers, etc.
•Identified new prospects while maintaining current customer base
•Developed written proposals for customers outlining services offered
•Gained new business by actively looking for customers on the web
•Met customers in person as well as over the phone to sell services
•Developed relationships with suppliers in order to insure an ongoing supply
•Achieved sales goals as defined in sales plans and forecasts.
•Managed existing sales to customers all over the world (i.e. United States, Europe, Asia, etc.)
•Took pictures of the material and created web-offers with Photoshop by working closely with the Webmaster of the company to effectively manage all technology needs
•Developed financial justifications, prepared proposals, made presentations, and performed necessary follow-up for successful closing of the sales.
•Maintained established accounts through regular customer contact in pursuit of follow up sales.
•Negotiated and closed the sale
•Tracked the loads that the customer purchased to ensure great service
•Worked closely with the logistics department, warehouse, purchasing agents, and the webmaster
•Performed other duties as assigned.

Doesn’t society/all of us need to get over slavery and not solely black people?

Because society/most if not all of us continues to go on about the legacy of slavery daily without even knowing it

The legacy of slavery- Racial Classification

Today in 2008 every Western World nations practices Racial Classification yet most of you people dont have a clue why
No racism has not been here since the dawn of man Racism is not even 500 years old.

Here is one side of this legacy and the biggest I beleive and it is the one of the Black Racial class

The origin of the Black Racial Class occurred because Columbus saw dark skinned peoples in Western Africa and because in South America being the same latitude as West Africa though he had seen lighter skin tone peoples ie Native Americans this made Europeans beleive there was another reason to why Africans were dark skinned and not due to the latitude of their region.

The search for a reason began

Racial Classification= Different species
This is what Racial Classification started off as simply being Different species

Chimpanzee + Human = Black Person
This is where all the racial slurs associating Black people to primates which is still thriving today on sites like this originated from. Though during those days it was actual belief in European culture/society that sub saharan Africans were half primate half human. This has obviously been inherited as in Europe and the Americas today you can still witness this form of racism
Being half chimp also meant less civil
This would allow slave traders to say bringing Black people to the Americas as slaves gave them an opportunity to become civil and become Christians

Curse of Ham = Curse of the Black Race
This was used as an excuse for slavery to be moral but eventually evolved into more things
The curse of being Black of course still survives today as many beleive a Black Person is born with all the problems he/she will encounter ie no Black Nation can be successful is a common thought even in people who claim not to be racist.

Today we still have White, Black, Asian etc the legacy of slavery is still here most users in this section continuously express so…

So why do many say ‘get over it’ when its soo hard for you to also?

Examples of hypocrisy in society views that the legacy of slavery is long gone.
Yet many believe in the following

1.Act ‘Black’ ie ghetto:
You express the same belief of half chimp half human which also express the Black Races inability to act civil this has simply evolved to ‘Acting Black’ a group of humans unable to act according to society or civil are labeled as to acting black

2. Black people blaming their history for their problems:
Because it is only possible that problems exclusively or more prevalent in the black community is due to their difference in history yet you dismiss this. You are indirectly or subconsciously showing you agree with the curse of ham as being black people. Simply because you beleive problems in the black community are due to them being black hence the curse of being black.

3. Black people can not run a country and Africa was better during colonization:
Also stemming from the curse of Ham but also half human beliefs as these people who also claim not to be racist state the Black race are simply unable to develop with the rest of humanity which can only mean they are less evolved in way

4. People expressing that their race is due to become a minority/extinct or them being against interracial relationship:
Evolved from Racial Classification= Different species belief where these individuals continue to believe their race is what they need to keep surviving hence as a species.

Today the legacy of slavery is thriving it simply has evolved in society to the point from census, forms, statistics to your friends contentiously divide by racial class.

Why do you beleive the legacy of slavery is nonexistent today yet racial classification has never been more alive?
We are as ignorant as the slave traders
normajea- I dont think you understood my question I never said anyone should forget history.

Interesting question..I have given everything about me here..will i be successful ln life?best answer-10 pts?

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I am from india..19 years old..I have dropped out of college presently and striving to make it big in films..and I believe I can achieve it..I am a part-time stock trader now..My aim in life is to earn a lot through film-making as a director/script-writer and multiply my money through stock markets..and one day i wanna be the world‘s richest person =) i believe I can..I’am always attracted to being alone rather than being too social and active..I dunno why but thats the way I am..and I love being the way I am.. =) although I have my own negatives and short-comings in life..one thing i hate in myself and wanna change is I am over-lazy and sometimes too over-confident =( I hope I’ll change soon..I am a big big biggggg dreamer..I wanna achieve huge thing in life…after making my dreams true,i’ll help a lot of poor and needy people..My aim about social life is everyone poor kid must be educated although i am not attracted towards education since I believe I can make it big in films..I am a sweetheart and angelic in heart thats what i believe..but i dont get much chances to show it out..i have only selective friends..I prefer spending most of time alone..I am sometimes very cheerful but suddenly way too moody..I am an extremist in showing emotions either too angry or very lovely =) I have a lot of dreams about my marital life..I’ll treat my girl with care,respect and utmost love such that she melts for me =) I love to ‘make love’ for her rather than just having sex..i will raise my kids with all the freedom and individuality they need in this world..i’ll never force anything into them…sadly i am not in good terms with my parents for obvious reasons…but i’ll be a good parent for sure..I am an athiest..i believe more in me than anything else..but sadly my present state if life is somewhat bad ,but I am working towards it with all the confidence in this world..

Enough information?will i be successful in life?now go ahead with ya prediction..lets see what ya say =) be it either negative or positive..i would love to see what ya think about me DONT ANSER FOR 10 POINTS ANSWER RIGHT FROM YA HEART but i will choose best answer for sureee…!

pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Interesting question..I have given everything about me here..will i be successful ln life?best answer-10 pts?

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I am from india..19 years old..I have dropped out of college presently and striving to make it big in films..and I believe I can achieve it..I am a part-time stock trader now..My aim in life is to earn a lot through film-making as a director/script-writer and multiply my money through stock markets..and one day i wanna be the world‘s richest person =) i believe I can..I’am always attracted to being alone rather than being too social and active..I dunno why but thats the way I am..and I love being the way I am.. =) although I have my own negatives and short-comings in life..one thing i hate in myself and wanna change is I am over-lazy and sometimes too over-confident =( I hope I’ll change soon..I am a big big biggggg dreamer..I wanna achieve huge thing in life…after making my dreams true,i’ll help a lot of poor and needy people..My aim about social life is everyone poor kid must be educated although i am not attracted towards education since I believe I can make it big in films..I am a sweetheart and angelic in heart thats what i believe..but i dont get much chances to show it out..i have only selective friends..I prefer spending most of time alone..I am sometimes very cheerful but suddenly way too moody..I am an extremist in showing emotions either too angry or very lovely =) I have a lot of dreams about my marital life..I’ll treat my girl with care,respect and utmost love such that she melts for me =) I love to ‘make love’ for her rather than just having sex..i will raise my kids with all the freedom and individuality they need in this world..i’ll never force anything into them…sadly i am not in good terms with my parents for obvious reasons…but i’ll be a good parent for sure..I am an athiest..i believe more in me than anything else..but sadly my present state if life is somewhat bad ,but I am working towards it with all the confidence in this world..

Enough information?will i be successful in life?now go ahead with ya prediction..lets see what ya say =) be it either negative or positive..i would love to see what ya think about me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Yahoo email address has been hacked and the hacker has wiped out all my contacts email addresses. What now?

My Yahoo email address has been hacked and the hacker has wiped out all my contacts email addresses. Is there any way I can get them back?

how do can email addresses get hacked?

Somebody hacked into my boyfriends email address and ‘dumped’ me. Me and my boyfriend sorted it out but I wanna know how somebody could have done this without his password?
(It’s obviously someone that we know)

How do I recover email addresses that were hacked? They have to be in the system somewhere?

How do I email facebook from a different email address regarding a hacked account?

My email was hacked so I made a new one, but my facebook was hacked as well and now it is sending messages to people in real life. The messages are causing a problem and I need the account deleted, but don’t have access to the email address the account was made with. How do I get it deleted?

Buying Silver question – how much over to pay?

I want to start investing in silver. When I go to a broker how much over the listed price should I pay? Lets say silver is $35 an ounce on the market, how much would it cost to purchase a ounce?

Also, do they pay market price when buying it back or do they buy it back at a discount?

I plan on buying silver bars.

How to Invest in Gold/Silver?

With high inflation around the corner in the US, i’m starting to turn my attention to investing in gold or silver. Can you show me easy steps to purchase gold or purchase gold companies? Where do i get started?

How to buy silver…?

I’m interested to invest into silver. All precious metals are raising at the moment because US Currency is weakening and gold/silver and other will keep raising. What to you recommend for beginner silver buyer/investor? Where to buy? I live in Europe.

Does anyone know how a beginner would start investing in silver ? And which is the best way to start? Thanks!