Investing Online For Dummies Introduction Welcome to Investing Online For Dummies, 5th Edition, and to the exciting world of online investing. Regardless of whether you’re a new investor or an experienced trader, this book can guide you to the Internet-based resources that can help you make better, more informed investing decisions than ever before. The Internet offers an astounding amount of financial information, and Investing Online For Dummies, 5th Edition, provides clear instructions and ample illustrations so that you don’t get lost in cyberspace. With the assistance of this book, you can find up-to-the-second stock quotes, historical financial data on public companies, professional analyses, educational materials, and more. In this book, I show you how to get started, what you really need to know, and where to go on the Internet for additional information. You don’t need to memorize complex commands or formulas. I describe everything in plain English, and I leave the Wall Street–speak out in the street. Thousands of new Web pages are added each day. Many institutions bring educational and government materials online, large and small commercial enterprises create Web-based services, and individuals also account for much of the content that is posted online. This vast amount of content continues to grow in size and sophistication but still remains user-friendly. New online investor applications are added on a regular basis. Today you can finetune your online investing in more ways than ever before because more Internet resources are out there than ever before. As the amount of online content constantly increases, it also changes. Some sites listed in this book may have changed or gone away due to mergers with larger sites. Some Web sites just vanish for no reason. If a site has moved, you may find a link to the new location. If not, try a search engine such as Google (www.google.com), Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com), or MSN (search.msn. com) to locate the resource you need. Who Are You? According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project (www.pewinternet. org), one out of every ten Internet users has bought or sold stocks online. As of September 2002, this number was about 12 percent of all Internet users. The survey goes on to state that

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