Douglas Goldstein

This guide presents what the Internet has to offer in personal finance and investing. It highlights online sites, supplying addresses together with a brief summary of the site and how to access it, alongside notable downloads and forums. The text gives a review of sites on major online services such as America Online, Compuserve, and the Microsoft Network, the World Wide Web and the rest of the Internet. A rating system is also given for evaluating each site. While the Net grows as a resource for money matters, its ceaseless proliferation of electronic information often proves confusing to the experienced and newbie alike. Douglas Goldstein and Joyce Flory's The Online Guide to Personal Finance and Investing attempts to sort it all out, clearly explaining options from mailing lists and gopher menus to online services and bulletin boards. Its heart is the analysis of some 165 Web sites, regularly updated on one maintained by the authors.