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Investing online for Dummies
Part 1. Online investing fundamentals
Chapter 1. Finding invest stuff on the net
Building your own online information system
Identifying new investments
Analyzing investment prospects
Purchasing investments
Monitoring investments
Selling investments
Setting up you basic investment search strategy
Metasearch engines
Popular search engines
Selecting the best search engine
Understanding how newsgroups can help you
Finding the perfect newsgroup
Finally, some investor news reading
Getting the message from investor message boards
Uncovering investor information from mailing lists
Using free and fee-based online investor databases
Totally free databases
When all else fails - fee-based databases
Getting online investor information geared you your needs
Investor web sites for children
Web sites for young investors
Other investor special-interest sites
Chapter 2. No experience required: getting started with online investing
Getting smart online
Online investor tutorials
Web sites for new investors
Glossaries
Maximizing your internet browser with bookmarks
News you can use
Large news organizations
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly journals
Multimedia investment news
Electronic newsletters
Practicing with your new investment information
Join the club! become a member of an investment club
Getting into the game: online investment simulations
Chapter 3. Making your money work harder
Using the internet to make financial planning easier
The joys of compound interest
Moving some of your savings to investments
Maximizing your investments with tax-deferred accounts
Traditional IRAs
Roth IRAs
Online calculators for determining the best IRA account
Deciding how much risk you can take
Determining how much you can invest
Investing in securities that meet your goals
Checking out what the experts are doing
Analyzing the analysts
Getting the opinions of others: stock-picking communities
Judging who's the real deal
Tracking and measuring your success
Building your personalized investment plan
Chapter 4. Selecting an online broker that's right for you
Is a traditional broker best for you?
Selecting a premium online brokerage
Selecting the right discount online brokerage
Investigating a brokerage before you invest
Matching your needs to the right online brokerage
For beginners
For mainstream investors
For active investors
For affluent investors
Getting online trading services for less
Trading online for $15 or less
Finding online brokers with no or low initial account minimums
Rating online brokers
Checking out hybrid online banks and brokerages
Opening your online brokerage account
Chapter 5. Getting ahold of trading online
Understanding the tax consequences of trading securities
Special rates for long-term capital gains
Measuring capital gains
What about capital losses?
Increasing profits with simple order specification techniques
ECNs - It's not your grandfather's market anymore
How ECNs work
Understanding inside spreads
Extended-hours trading
Sources for extended-hours stock information
Join the extended-hours club
Online trading and the active investor
Active investor trading platforms
You might be a day trader if...
Going from hardwired to wireless trading
Part 2. Finding the right investmetns
Chapter 6. The keys to successful internet mutual fund investing
Mutual fund basics
Discovering the differences between open-end and closed-end mutual funds
Minimizing fees
A fund for you, a fund for me
Finding facts and figures online
Simplifying your investing with mutual funds
Discovering index funds
Becoming aware of exchange-traded funds
Mutual funds and your risk tolerance level
How to screen mutual funds online
Locating and reading the prospectus
Checking the facts
Getting it right
Analyzing mutual funds
Comparing costs and returns
Understanding mutual fund risks
Chapter 7. Online analysis, buying, and selling mutual funds
Finding the right mix of investments
Using the internet to help you choose the best funds in each class
Following mutual fund checklist
Reading an online mutual fund listing
Assessing mutual fund performance
Using scoreboards and ratings
The ratings war
The morningstar rating system
The lipper leader system
The value line rating system
Buying mutual funds online: using an online broker
Commission-free mutual funds
Starting your mutual fund account with as little as $50
Buying mutual funds online: No broker needed
The right time to sell your mutual funds
Chapter 8. The basics of stocks and rates of return
Understanding stocks
Participating in the market
Common stocks
Preferred stocks
Picking the right stock for the right goal
What does the S&P 500 have to do with anything?
Paying the right price
Getting down to fundamentals
Using online tools to value stocks
Using the net to calculate fair value
Valuation model input and results
Analysis for value shopping
Getting technical: technical analysis
Technical analysis software
Market timing
Chapter 9. Internet stock screening
Finding the best stock using the net
Choosing the criteria for your first stock screen
Fine-tuning your stock screen
Using your stock screen results
Important ratios for screening stocks
Starting with quick online stock screens
Using those terrific prebuilt stock screens
Locating those prebuilt screens you can change yourself
Advanced techniques for building stock screens
Screening for growth stocks
Screening for income stocks
Screening for value stocks
Screening for investment bargains
Stock selling at below book value
Security selling below liquidation value
Stocks with low P/E ratios
Companies reporting deficits
Prospective turnaround candidates
Chapter 10. Using company information to make investment decisions
Chapter 11. Digging deeper: Advanced stock analysis
Chapter 12. Going with fixed-income securities: which type of bond is for you?
Chapter 13. Valuing, buying, and selling bonds online
Part 3. Expanding your investment opportunities
Chapter 14. Going international online
Chapter 15. Looking for the next big thing: IPOs, DPOs, and DRIPs
Chapter 16. Taking the option: alternative investing
Chapter 17. The internet and managing your portfolio
Part 4. The part of tens
Chapter 18. Ten warnings about cyberfraud
Chapter 19. Ten important selling points
Chapter 20. Ten green flags for buying