The Online Broker and Trading Directory [Paperback]

Larry Chambers (Author), Karen Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 9, 1999

An estimated 15,000 investors every day make the jump, hoping to strike it rich in online trading. The Online Trading and Brokerage Directory -- will help them choose the right brokerage firm. This one-of-a-kind directory is packed with names, addresses, websites, and other critical information on more than 100 of today's top online brokerages: which firm offers the lowest cost trades, who has the best technical analysis, where to go for hard-to-find services, and more.

Everything new electronic traders need to know about today's hottest investing phenomenon is in this one-stop reference:
-- Names and numbers of firms that offer direct access to NASDAQ
-- Background of each company, fee structure, and special services
-- Special appendix on how to trade and where to find the best software

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Valuable information--commission costs, key features, systems, services, and more--on today's hottest online brokers! The Online Broker and Trading Directory is the first directory to provide names, Website addresses, descriptions, and other valuable information on over 100 of today's best-known online brokers. This single handy reference shows you how online brokerage houses compare on each of 10 critical factors--letting you choose your broker based on competitive intelligence rather than random guesswork. In addition, this powerhouse guidebook provides tips and pointers you need to become a smart, savvy online trader. It reveals professional tricks of the trade to help you avoid--or escape--sticky situations; tells you how to select the broker that's right for you; shows you where to find free news, company analyses, and newsletters; and much more. Which online broker is best for you? Look in The Online Broker and Trading Directory to learn: Website address (URL); fees and costs, including all add-ons; type of client best served by broker; services offered; order entry and execution process, including clearing firm; minimum account requirements; unique or innovative features; available support systems; hardware and software requirements. Today's online trading arena provides a door to the future--a door that opens to both incredible trading profits and unseen stumbling blocks. Use The Online Broker and Trading Directory as an invaluable tool to help you open that door, choose the correct brokerage house, and join millions of other traders on today's exciting, no-limits electronic trading floor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (December 9, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071354255
• ISBN-13: 978-0071354257
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,387,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi I'm Larry Chambers. Today I live in Ojai, California. I have two great and successful kids, Christin (27) is a singer, song writer and realty show producer and Logan (23) has a degree in Marine Biology UCSC and is a California State Beach Life Guard.

My first two books; Recondo and the First Time Investor pushed me in a new direction and launched a writing career that my teachers would have told me is impossible - once they stopped laughing. I was guy always distracted, inattentive, impatient, forgot his homework, and spelled words that looked more like turds.

But I beat the odds. I've written over 50 published books and hundreds and hundreds of magazine articles.

It wasn't until I was plopped down in the jungles of South Vietnam that I moved to 'the head of the class.' Distractibility, risk taking and impulsiveness were liabilities in school, became survival traits in combat. I would noticed things others overlooked, a blade of grass bent in the wrong direction or VC snot dripping from a tree leaf. Without being able to explain why, I'd knew when things were about to happen.

MILITARY BACKGROUND: served with F 58th Inf LRP and the originating L Co 75th Rangers 101st Abn ("Merrill's Marauders') company organized as the parent unit for the separate long-range reconnaissance patrol companies 1968-69.

AWARDS: Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, two Air Medals; Combat Infantryman's Badge; Parachute Badge; Army Commendation Medal; National Defense Metal, Good Conduct Metal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Metal. Recondo Badge.

BACKGROUND: Corning High School, located in Northern Cal, where he played football, basketball, track and boxing. He spent the summers milking cows and delivering feed to neighboring ranches. Went to Shasta College during the summer worked in the Forest Service as a fire fighter. After Vietnam he moved to Utah and completed his Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees. A certified ski instructor he also taught skiing for the University of Utah. After graduation he became a stockbroker for EF Hutton & Co, started Hunter/Chambers Construction Company and Credibility Marketing a hi-bred marketing and writing service.

AFFILIATIONS: Vetrepreneur (magazine for military Veterans who own a business) Advisory board member for the Journal of Retirement Planning; Associate Editor for the Journal of Investing; Business and Economics columnist for the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Forum; Contributing editor for Investment Advisor magazine; and Wealth Manager; contributing editor Financial Planning, On Wall Street, Registered Representative, and on the editorial advisory board at Pension World magazine.