FYI for those new to investing, there is an excellent series of articles on thestreet.com called Apprenticed Investor. The articles are written by Barry Ritholz and he generally posts a new article every week. I have been reading them since day one. Up to this point it has been a lot of theory. It looks like he is starting to get into some of the more practical aspects of investing now.
Here is where you can find all the latest article as well as the past articles in the series: