text: Come on....if stock market investing was that easy, everyone would be doing it and everyone would be rich.  There are no esy tricks or rules.  You do your research, talk to people, study financial reports....and make an educated guess.\n\nYahoo has a neat portfolio area where you can put together a "play" portfolio of sticks, and it will track it for you.  I suggest to play around with that for a while before getting serious with real money.\n\nNEVER invest money that you can not afford to lose.