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Originally Posted by Joss Is "Boglehead's Guide" the obvious starting point?

You have to start somewhere, and if you haven't started yet after all these years then that's a good place to start now. If you try to start your investment education with "Intelligent Asset Allocator" then you'll feel like you're running head-first into a brick wall...

The book was written by three posters on Vanguard Diehards and should be available at the local library. (I bought a copy for another read, and our kid is about done with her Motley Fool Guide to Teen Investing.) One of them is a previously-published author, the second is the board's grand old man with a humongous number of posts, and the third is a tough guy skilled bond investor. It's no surprise what they think you should do, and with whom, but you can at least feel comfortable that they're not getting a commission.

The important thing is that a book like Bogleheads is a gateway to more books, more websites, more reading, more learning... and more confidence in your asset allocation for the day that the Dow is down 250 points.