Investing Online For Dummies
Chapter One
Finding Investor Stuff on the Net
In This Chapter
* Creating your own online information system
* Using search engines
* Joining newsgroups
* Subscribing to Internet mailing lists
* Accessing online databases
* Finding Web sites that fit your unique needs
The Internet has more than two billion Web pages and is still growing. This
information overload has sent some timid investors to full-service brokers,
where they pay high commission fees for brokerage services and investment
advice. Smart online investors can avoid information overload by developing
their own information systems.
This chapter shows how you can take maximum advantage of the Internet's
many investment tools, links, and resources. The chapter explains the
Internet basics of using search engines, finding investor newsgroups, subscribing
to investor mailing lists, accessing online databases, and using Web
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