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Douglas Gerlach

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For nearly twenty years, Doug Gerlach has taught individuals and investment clubs to make smarter decisions about investing in the stock market, through books, software tools, web sites, and educational presentations across the U.S.

Gerlach is the President of ICLUBcentral Inc., makers of software for individual investors and investment clubs. He is the author of six financial books, including The Investor's Web Guide , The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing , The Armchair Millionaire , Investment Clubs for Dummies , BetterInvesting’s Guide to Computerized Investing and the Internet, and The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Direct Stock Investing . He writes the “Clubhouse” column in BetterInvesting magazine and has also writte ...more

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	The Armchair Millionaire by Lewis Schiff, Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Investment Clubs for Dummies? by Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Angele McQuade 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Direct Stock Investing by Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Lita Epstein 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Investor's Web Guide: Tools and Strategies for Building Your Portfolio (Lycos Press in Sites Series) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Computerized Investing & the Internet (Better Investing Education Series) by Douglas Gerlach (2004) Paperback it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Armchair Millionaire (Paperback)--by Lewis Schiff [2002 Edition] ISBN: 9780743411929 by Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Lewis Schiff, Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing by Douglas Gerlach (17-Apr-2000) Paperback by Douglas Gerlach (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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