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Stephen Eckett on Online Investing200 essential Q&As for the internet investorby Stephen Eckett
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In Stephen Eckett's bi-weekly column for Investors Chronicle he answers readers' questions about internet investing. Often they are problems which are driving readers mad, but which can be solved very simply. This book is a collection of the most useful Q&As from the last 2 years, updated to take account of new web sites and changing technology.
The content covers a wide variety of issues including:
- how to import web data into a spreadsheet - quick ways to copy text from a web page - using more than one ISP - minimising connection charges - speeding up browsing - improving download speeds - IE shortcuts & add-ons - keyboard shortcuts - lost files - safe ways to save data - printing charts from web pages - newsgroups and BBs - where to get free software - using stock screeners - using stop losses - email newsletters - tip sites - monitoring fund prices - base values for CGT calculations - market data sources (price & volume, real-time & historic) - company data sources - earnings estimates - directors dealings - best sites for online charts - use of Excel for portfolio management - day trading and DAT with level II quotes - trading US markets - ADRs - trading European markets - warrants & options - spread betting - shorting - CFDs
This could well be the most useful book of the year! As well as providing hundreds of practical tips, shortcuts, and recommendations, it has a comprehensive listing of the websites which Stephen Eckett finds most useful in his own trading and investing.
Contents
1. Computers and the internet
2. Investing basics
3. Data sources
4. Fundamental analysis
5. Technical analysis
6. Trading
7. US markets
8. International markets
9. Derivatives and betting
10. Miscellaneous
Appendices
1. Subject-ordered list of web sites
2. Alphabetical list of web sites
3. London Stock Exchange trade definitions
4. List of spreadsheet's downloadable from the book's web site
Reviews
"I've just read a brilliant new book - Stephen Eckett on Online Investing. This book is written in a question and answer style and gives great answers on everything to do with online investing - it's a real gem. If you have any niggling questions about share investing, the book will probably have the answer. It is also very easy to read. Only about ?11 and worth every penny."
Robbie Burns, Times columnist and founder of www.frequenttrader.info
Other books by Stephen Eckett
 | Harriman's Money Miscellany A collection of financial facts and corporate curiosities |
 | The Harriman Book Of Investing Rules Collected wisdom from the world's top 150 investors |
 | The Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules Invaluable advice from 150 master investors |
 | The Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules Invaluable advice from 150 master investors |
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