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Online Investing For Dummies

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Build a winning portfolio—and reduce your risk—with this bestselling guide

Online investing has never been easier—or more potentially confusing. Now that every broker or finance site has its own app, data, or approach, it can be all too easy to be misled and make a bad decision. Online Investing for Dummies helps you reduce risk and separate the gimmicks from the gold, pointing investors of all experience levels to the pro-tips, calculators, databases, useful sites, and peer communities that will lead to success.

Updated to include information on mobile trading and the influence of social media on the markets, the book also covers the basics—showing you how to figure out how much to invest, find data online, and pick an online broker. It then progresses through to more advanced topics, such as calculating returns, selecting mutual funds, buying bonds, options, commodities, and IPOs, taking you and your money wherever you want to go in the global market.

Set expectations and assess your risk
Analyze stocks and financial statements
Assemble the suite of tools to calculate your performance
Get tips on choosing the right online broker and on protecting your information online

It’s time to get a pro strategy, and Online Investing for Dummies has all the inside information you need to build up that winning portfolio.

Build a winning portfolio—and reduce your risk—with this bestselling guide

Online investing has never been easier—or more potentially confusing. Now that every broker or finance site has its own app, data, or approach, it can be all too easy to be misled and make a bad decision. Online Investing for Dummies helps you reduce risk and separate the gimmicks from the gold, pointing investors of all experience levels to the pro-tips, calculators, databases, useful sites, and peer communities that will lead to success.

Updated to include information on mobile trading and the influence of social media on the markets, the book also covers the basics—showing you how to figure out how

much to invest, find data online, and pick an online broker. It then progresses through to more advanced topics, such as calculating returns, selecting mutual funds, buying bonds, options, commodities, and IPOs, taking you and your money wherever you want to go in the global market.

Set expectations and assess your risk
Analyze stocks and financial statements
Assemble the suite of tools to calculate your performance
Get tips on choosing the right online broker and on protecting your information online

It’s time to get a pro strategy, and Online Investing for Dummies has all the inside information you need to build up that winning portfolio.

Online Investing For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Whether you’re new at investing online or a grizzled veteran, you can always find better ways to make the internet work for you and your portfolio. You’ll want to make sure you know a few basics before you get started. And some tricks of the trade will literally help you to trade. Finally, you’ll want to know the terminology of investing online to make sure you are talking the talk. [caption id="attachment_263730" align="alignnone" width="535"] ©By SFIO CRACHO/Shutterstock.com[/caption]

About The Author

Matt Krantz is a nationally known financial journalist who specializes in investing topics. He's personal finance and management editor at Investor's Business Daily. He's also worked in the financial industry and covered markets and investing for USA TODAY. His writing on financial topics has also appeared in Money magazine, Kiplinger's, and Men's Health. Krantz is the author of Fundamental Analysis For Dummies and co-author of Investment Banking For Dummies.