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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing in Canada

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Investing 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 - Personal Finance Basics - Investment Basics - Retirement Planning Online - College Planning Online - Research and Strategies for Online Investing in Funds - Researching Stocks Online - Strategies for Stocks including online trading - Getting Advice Online - Bonds and Bond strategy - Portfolio Management Software, and many more topics.

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First published December 30, 1998

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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 written articles for publications such as Individual Investor, PC World, and ComputerLife. He was a Consulting Editor and columnist for Time-Life’s Mutual Funds Magazine, and his articles have appeared on many web sites, including Yahoo! Finance, E*TRADE, and ShareBuilder.com.

A familiar name to many investors, Doug is a popular speaker on such topics as online investing, getting started in the stock market and running a successful investment club, Gerlach has spoken at events from Honolulu to Berlin, for such organizations as the National Education Association, National Investor Relations Institute and Charles Schwab, as well as at personal finance conferences organized by CNBC, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Morningstar, BetterInvesting and Oregon Public Broadcasting. He has taught at investor events in more than 80 cities across the US, where his skill in explaining often-complex concepts with humor, energy and clarity helps to turn beginning investors into better investors.

In addition, Gerlach has been a guest on countless radio and television programs, including CNNfn’s Digital Jam, Yahoo! FinanceVision and the Wall Street Journal Report.

Doug is Editor-in-Chief of the Investor Advisory Service, the market-beating newsletter published by ICLUBcentral. The IAS was named to the Hulbert Financial Digest's 2010, 2011, and 2012 Investment Newsletter Honor Rolls in recognition of its outstanding performance in both up and down markets over the past decade.

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