Product Description

More than 200,000 investors already use their home computers to pick stocks, find the best mutual funds, talk with other investors, track their portfolios and pay lower commissions when they trade. The Worth Guide to Computerized Investing shows how anyone with a modem can join the revolution that has given individual investors access to resources once cornered by Wall Street brokers.

Accessible to the computer and investing novice, yet advanced enough for the seasoned computerized investor, the guide reviews more than 100 of the best investment programs and gives detailed strategies on how to put them to work earning higher profits.

Covering everything from how to find the smartest investors online and which Internet sites are worth visiting to how to analyze mutual funds and fine-tune a portfolio for maximum returns and minimum risk, The Worth Guide to Computerized Investing is a vital tool for readers who want to grab control of their financial lives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1339004 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-31
• Released on: 1996-06-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Amazon.com Review
The Worth Guide to Electronic Investing tells you how to build a customized investment system. Chapter topics include how to analyze stocks, choose mutual funds, and take advantage of the extensive financial data resources that are available online. Each chapter is self-contained, making it possible to skim through the guide and access only the information you need. Each chapter concludes with a description of the software that you need to perform the task. Sidebars covering basic concepts will help beginners, although experienced computer users and investors may wish to skip them. More advanced users will benefit from the tips for online trading.

From Scientific American
The Worth Guide is organized for both the novice investor and computer user who wants to learn from the ground up, as well as for the experienced stock picker and internet surfer who wants information on particular topics. Each of the 11 chapters is focused on a specific investment subject, from choosing basic software, through explaining fundamental analytical tools and concepts, all the way to building a personalized investment and analysis system from scratch.

About the Author:

Jim Jubak, senior financial editor at Worth magazine, was one of the first financial journalists to take up computerized investing as today's most important new development in money management. Along with his various articles on investing in interactive media, Jubak designed the data base and invented the ratings system used by Worth in its 1994 and 1995 reports on mutual funds. Jubak also wrote the book In the Image of the Brain. He resides in New York City.

From Booklist
Worth is the bold, flashy newcomer to the arena of financial periodicals. Its parent company is FMR Corp., the giant mutual-fund holding company that includes the Fidelity family of funds. Editors at Worth include the likes of legendary Fidelity Magellan Fund's former manager Peter Lynch, Investment Banker's (1994) Jim Rogers, and Andrew Tobias. Here, Jubak, Worth's senior financial editor, provides the best guide to date on how to take advantage of electronic applications in the area of personal investing. He explains what software, hardware, and other equipment to use to research companies and markets, analyze data, share tips and advice with one another, and actually make trades. Included are more than 100 (from the more than 500 currently on the market) product reviews. Jubak does not talk down to either computer buffs or experienced investors but is still able to reach those who may be neither. Recommended for even the most basic investment collections. David Rouse

Customer Reviews

way out of date
At one point this might have been a useful book, but it's dated and not all that useful in today's fast-changing market. Where's the reference to day trading?

Two years out of date with technology
With the advance in investing software and the development of internet sites which specialize in charts, quote, portfolio tracking and news, this book is out of date. All of the software reviewed in the book is also out of date by about two years.

I learned more than I thought I would
I consider myself a fairly knowledgable investor. I bought this book thinking I might pick up a little information about on-line investing. It turned out that I learned a whole lot more. Even if one doesn't invest on-line, Jubak's process of evaluating a stock is great. The book is a 'little' bit dated, but otherwise right on target. I highly recommend the book and Jubak's many articles on the Microsoft Investor web site.