General discussion, page-172

I sugges if you really into investing - go to uni and do a proper commerce degree

then work for a fund manager to learn the ropes

I use to know a very smart equity research guy (broker) who is very good at this

but he only specialise in one sector - industrial

each person in his firm specialise in one sector - for mining - they have 2 phd in geology in W.A doing their analysis.

if you want to do it as a hobby - read a few books

stock picking is harder then you may think - i only started last year but down a fair amount.