For someone seeking information about investing in stocks, The Dedicated Trader's Education Center should be the first stopping point. It's a thorough, in-depth source of knowledge that can help the new trader and the veterans who are trying to improve their education in the market.

The most extensive reports included in the Education Center are a tutorial on the basics of stock investing and a tutorial which covers an introduction to selling short. Both tutorials offer a thorough explanation of the process, both of them basic to making money in the stock market.

The basics of stock investing tutorial covers all the rudimentary information needed to buy and sell stocks. Many people don't understand the stock market and believe it can be akin to gambling. This tutorial reinforces the idea that stocks are a financial tool, not a roll of the dice, and offer a strong potential for profits. By learning the basics, then adding to your education, the stock market can be used to potentially change a person's financial situation forever.

This tutorial explains what a stock actually is, the different kind of stocks, the different categories of stocks, how the market works and why prices change, how to read a stock table, types of accounts and types of orders.

Upon completion of the tutorial, a student would have enough knowledge to begin practice trading the stock market.

The tutorial on selling short explains how to make money on stocks that are falling in value. It debunks the notion that the market needs to be going up all the time in order to make money. Shorting a stock is a technique that allows a trader to sell stock they don't even own, then buy it back for a profit when the price falls.

This tutorial explains the process of short selling and how the transaction occurs. The article tells the risks involved and makes a user aware of some of the things that could happen.

On this portion of the site a user will also find additional articles that cover topics like value investing, growth investing, momentum investing, CANSLIM investing, income investing, and GARP investing. It's one more way The Dedicated Trader tries to answer all questions posed about investing in stocks.