I am a high school math teacher in the west suburbs of Chicago. I love reading about stocks and making predictions about where the money is going. I've been following many stocks and ETF’s such as: siri, aapl, udn, uup, iyr, su, sihi, ung, uso, and others for a couple years now.

I have most of my money in mutual funds, but that's changing as I learn more about investing / trading. I just recently signed up to be a member of AAII, American Association for Individual Investors.

I am very interested in working to help a trader / investor this summer (2010) by using some of my mathematical and analytical skills.

Here are some books I'm reading or have already read.

"Timing the Market"

"Instant Genius, the Cheat Sheet"

"A Maniac Commodity Trader's Guide to Making a Fortune"

I have also learned from by Timothy Taylor, Economics Professor - University of Minnesota, by listening to the following lecture series:

“Contemporary Economic Issues”

“Economics”

“History of the US Economy in the 20th Century”

“Legacies of Great Economists”