[Lorenz-Kraft]

Personally, it think you allready understood most of what's happening: Its mostly nonsense. Its all "Future Bets" und "Future Expectations" that are all explained by "Experts" and plain lies from CEOs about actual value. As every toddler can tell you: Nobody can tell you the future.

Or do you want to grasp the "inner workings" like "Ratings" and stuff?

[cyberdrunk]

You can at least try discussing real valuations of various securities (aka fundamental analysis). Then, whenever current market insanity brings the price below the real valuation, you buy. Fundamental analysis looks like full time work though.

[PaulHoule]

The great hedge fund manager John Maynard Keynes said "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent."