text: any hot stock tips?   never act on tips (until you check it out yourself)  i would recommend reading a few books, and getting some experience:  biography-like books: reminiscences of a stock operator http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471059706?v=glance how i made $2m in the stock market http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0818403969?v=glance baruch: my own story http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/156849095x?v=glance  interviews: market wizards http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0887306101?v=glance (and the others by jack schwager)  strategies: stan weinstein's secrets for profiting in bull and bear markets http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1556236832 how to make money in stocks http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0071373616?v=glance  psychology, etc: trading for a living (elder) trade your way to financial freedom (tharp) trading in the zone (douglas) nlp for traders and investors (carroll) winning the mental game on wall street (magee)  other: how to buy stocks (engel) technical analysis of stock trends (edwards,magee) tape reading and market tactics (neill) trading and exchanges (harris)   if you just want to gamble for entertainment then ok, but if you want to make money, be prepared to do some work.