Need to schooled....

[outtaheresoon]

After reading various posts in the forums and posting a couple questions it has become painfully obvious that I need to read more to come up to speed on everything from investing to taxes, to ensure I am approaching both in the most advantageous way.  What are your suggestions to build a good foundation for investing and understanding taxes from the standpoint of wanting to  retire (at 55) in  5 years?

[forummm]

Reading posts on the forum is a great way to learn what you need to know. If you have specific questions you can ask them. But all the important stuff is posted here over and over.

[Dodge]

If you just want the overview, I recommend watching this short video series.  Yes the guy is over-the-top silly, but the information is gold:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Video:Bogleheads®_investment_philosophy

If you want to go more in-depth:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads®_investment_philosophy

Let us know if you have any questions!

[Frankies Girl]

http://jlcollinsnh.com/stock-series/
^awesome series - helped me go from almost negative understanding to pretty confident on investing. :)

[Heckler]

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Getting_started

this, and this if you're Canadian

http://canadiancouchpotato.com/about/

[#FuckTheMaytagMan]

A Random Walk Down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel is a great investment book if you want to read a book and not just forum threads. That being said I'm sure the info is covered here in multiple posts.