big money

I'm always getting emails from folks telling me how badly they want to make money in the markets.

The problem is that a good many of these readers confess that they are literally just getting started.

So right now, I'm going to begin at the beginning - and show you how to make money in the markets from square one.

Today is all about stocks.

In future columns, I'm going to talk about bonds. After that I'll get into options, futures, and other derivatives (they're easy).

And finally I'll show you how they all - stocks, bonds, options, futures, and derivatives - come together every day.

When it's all said and done, I promise you will understand everything about investing and marvel at how simple it all is.

You'll know more than your friends - even more than most brokers. And you'll start "seeing" the money in the markets.

So, let's get started.

Here are the absolute basics, the things you need to know about stocks...