The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing, Second Edition provides an easy to understand book on the basics of investing and computing, researching your options online and using the Internet for your portfolio management. Each chapter contains information about the Internet and how to best use it and how to find discussion groups and research sites for Investment topics including personal finance basics, investment basics, retirement planning online, college planning online, research and strategies for online investing in funds, researching stocks online, and strategies for stocks including online trading. Also included is information on day trading, bonds and bond strategy, portfolio management software, and more.

Douglas Gerlach is the founder and editor in chief of Investorama.com, one of the earliest personal finance sites on the Web. In addition to the first edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Online Investing, he is the author of The Investor's Web Guide, published by Lycos Press in 1997. Douglas created the Web site of the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC), and is also a member of the Board of Directors of NAIC's Computer Group.