For those of you who haven’t read my previous posts on the topic, I’ve started writing a series on my stumbling progress from clueless investing to market intelligence. My timing, like the timing of my book, was a little strange.

The book, which covers the state of Colorado’s best road trips, was released just in time for gas prices to shoot up to $4/gallon.

Similarly, my enthusiastic foray into the investing world happened just in time for the biggest financial c