The New Online Investor, 2nd Edition Book

The online revolution is turning private investment into a mainstream activity, widening and deepening share ownership and redistributing market power. In the US, the process is well underway, and the UK and Europe are not too far behind. Peter Temple can justifiably claim to have been one of the first on the Internet investment scene. Online Investor was first published in 1997 and with Stephen Eckett's Investing Online was one of the forerunners. If Internet years are really measurable in months, as people say, this revised and updated version is long overdue. The New Online Investor will "help private investors gain access to cheap tools that can help improve their investment performance." As a full-on guide to navigating and profiting from the Web, it is up there with the best of them. Access and information are the key words for clued-up private investors and Peter Temple's accessible style will help tap into that money-making edge. The first quarter of the book caters for Web beginners. It is basic, but will prove useful for would-be online Buffett's yet to suss out the Internet. From there on, the financial information comes thick and fast. There is excellent work on Web-based research using bulletin boards, newsgroups and online services and essential information on accessing share prices, company data and software online. Later chapters address the share dealing process itself as well as introducing some of the more adventurous securities and derivative products available for online trading. The clean and sober page design contrasts with the more in-your-face style of other online publications and the pearls of wisdom in the text occasionally require digging out, but it is worth the effort. Temple expresses clearly and concisely the fundamentals of trading wisdom; "value rather than price is what the investment process is all about," "getting swayed by the reactions of the crowd is the antithesis of what makes a successful investor." The New Online Investor deserves to become one of the cornerstones of every serious beginner's online library. --Iain CampbellRead More