lets get back to investing matters:
a great piece in the Times; http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/20/your-money/individual-retirement-account-iras/20money.html?em
You dont need to learn anything new in investing. The principles are already laid out - Buffett, Bogle, Fisher, Carret, Munger, Graham.
[And another secret - most of the material is virtually free and available to anyone.]