For Dummies Investing Books: don't sleep on them!.
I have read the following For Dummies books recently:
1. Trading
2. Investing Online
3. Technical Analysis
4. Fundamental Analysis
5. Currently reading Candlestick Charting
These books are written in such a straight forward manner. Very easy to understand and provide tons of additional resources.
After the first full read through, it is a good idea to go for a second spin to extract what you need to develop your investment / trading plan and paper trade. While some of the information briefly touch on another book's topic i.e. Trading talks a bit about Fundamental and Technical Analysis, the level at which these books break down some complex things in an easy to understand manner is great.
Highly recommended for the beginner.
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