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In Tom W. Bell's address before the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, he presumed that eventually, internet gambling will be legalized. There are ongoing debates on the advantages and disadvantages of the legalization. It is also studied whether the claim of creating business opportunity in internet gambling is true. But experts say that, sooner or later, other states will also demand the same leeway that is given to Las Vegas in terms of gambling legality.

But even though there are designated gambling sites in the country, the development of technology makes it easier for people to access gambling sites online. In fact, people responded in recent studies that they will not fly to Las Vegas just to play in a legal casino. This is probably the reason why illegal gambling sites and fly-by-night gambling areas in the suburbs are created.

Well-meaning people who want to prevent gambling from being legalized have other interests to protect. Because the internet is readily accessible even to the youth, they fear that legalizing internet gambling might expose the young to early gambling activity. But currently, there are indeed minors who do play in online gambling sites. And there is very little that the government could do because the World Wide Web is too immense a sea of information to be monitored constantly to prevent minors from accessing it.

Another good thing about the business opportunity in internet gambling is that competition will beef up among gambling site operators. Each site will invest in its website and gambling games, making it as close to the physical gambling games as possible. The recreation of the experience in a real casino will become the ideal. And contrary to claims that gambling in one's home is addicting and dangerous, it is not true. Going to a real casino poses real danger because that place is a controlled, carefully studied layout of making people spend everything that they brought there. Everywhere people go, there's a slot machine waiting to get played. But if people would rather gamble online, people are still subject to external hindrances such as a crying baby or a spouse warning they've to stop after they've reached their 8th hour in gambling online.

Legalizing internet gambling is the best way to regulate these businesses. There is nothing much that laws can do in order to curtail gambling online. So instead of inhibiting online gambling, the government must legalize it and regulate it once it has been legalized. For now, they can simply focus their efforts on studying how to legalize the activity in order to generate more tax for developing social services. Once it has been legalized, online gamblers can be assured that this move will encourage more companies to join the online gambling industry.

With enough competition in the field and with regulation from the government, there can really be a lucrative business opportunity in internet gambling. Besides taxes that can help the government earn more, the creation of more gambling sites online will also create business opportunities for many people.


Internet Marketing For Dummies Ebook

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When I first started to research ways to earn income online, I really could have used a "make money on the internet for dummies" guide. I could check email, surf the internet, and copy and paste..... and that was it. For a beginner it can be really confusing, and seeing ads that claimed you could make money without doing anything didn't sound honest. I mean..... if it really was possible to make money without any effort wouldn't everyone be wealthy? And if you don't have to do any work, why do they need you anyway?

Anyway, if you are determined to put your computer to work for you, yet you don't have any technical or marketing skills you CAN get started right now, you just need some guidance as to how.

Have you heard of affilate marketing? It's when you sell other people's products and get paid for sales. The seller provides you with a web site and you can earn up to 75% for every sale you are responsible for.

But I don't like to sell! You might be saying that. This isn't like traditional sales. You are not responsible for product delivery or customer service. In fact, you won't even know who the customers are in most cases. The merchant or seller looks after all of that. So your only job is to learn how to market these products online and get paid for it.

Is it easy to do? Well, the basic skills you need to do this don't take long to learn, in fact, you can begin a marketing campaign within a few days and start to earn income quickly. A lot depends how motivated you are, and how much effort you are willing to put into it. If you are not in a hurry and your time is quite limited, you can begin with just a couple of hours every day. However, if your objective is to make a lot of money as fast as possible, it will require much more than that. So it's not difficult.... but it does take work.


Internet Marketing For Dummies Book

If you want to start your internet marketing business you can explore the avenue of developing your own product. This can be done by drafting a simple outline.

It is advisable to have sheets of paper and a pencil, should you wish to make alterations to your writing as your thoughts flow and want to erase what you wrote earlier. Begin by thinking about the things you wish to write about on the subject that you have decided upon.

It is always easier to start by taking a look at the Dummies books at the local book store or a library in your area. You can peer inside these books if some are available at Amazon com. By just gazing at the table of content will give you fairly good ideas on the topics that you may wish to commence your writing on. Once you have arrived at about 10 various topics on your selected subject you may be in a position to further divide them into sub topics for the sake of giving your book more volume.

If you feel that there is a “writers’ block”, you may circumvent this by researching articles that have already been written by others on the subject. You can visit one of my pet sites, EzineArticles com and conduct a search on your topic of interest, or go to the numerous article directories. You will not cease to be amazed at the wealth of information and articles that can be accessed.

Once this is done, you can transfer your thoughts to paper and you will have accomplished yet another completed section or chapter of your product.

Do not overlook to include an introduction to your book. This, in essence is what the reader should find in the book itself. You will also need to add a conclusion to the book which can be done by going over certain main learning points that you wish to draw attention to in the book.

When you have completed all this, it is time to add the table of contents and some pictures and graphics at various places in your book. You can then have your cover graphics designed or design it yourself at the end of which you will be the author of your ebook for you to market in your own internet marketing business.

The only thing that is left now is to type up the book, format it so as to give it a professional look and feel and convert to PDF file for distribution over the internet.

There are a few more minor tweaks and tricks to improve your book and the readers’ enjoyment, but for the sake of brevity I will not touch upon these at this instance as I wish to keep this short. If you are interested in more information please explore my site at the bottom of the page!

An alternative manner of achieving the task is to enlist a ghost writer to develop your book. Here, all that will be required of you is to hand over the table of contents so that they know what is needed from them, and they will complete the book writing for you.

This will entail a payment to be made to the ghost writer but it certainly is another way in which you can have your own product! You can also develop your book by assembling a number of selected articles that you have written or acquired.

It is evident that creating your book is not as daunting a task as you might imagine once you have given it some thought. We hope this has provided the necessary impetus and motivation. The first book that you write will be a struggle but as your fluency improves, I can bet you will not cease writing because it can be fun and a most riveting experience for some. The entire 100% profits from your internet marketing business are for you to keep!

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    Why did Internet Explorer take such a hit in popularity?
    I'm sitting here reading a CSS for dummies book from waaaayyyyy back in 2005 and I see that they say that something like 80% of people were using IE. Um..so I looked it up..and it seems they had 65% market share in 2005 and then by 2006 they had something like 7% which I think is pretty funny since i hate IE. So what was it? Firefox?

    • ANSWER:
      It's because Firefox has a bunch of free add-ons that IE doesn't. The most significant, and useful, is the ad blocker that removes intrusive ads from web pages. Then there is the Last FM plug-in for music lovers.

  2. QUESTION:
    What is the best source for webmaster education and search engine optimization education that is affordable?
    I have a new website at
    http://www.specialhomeproducts.com
    Check it out! I have many new home decor and office decor products, as well as great gift ideas for every special occasion....just need ideas as to how to market this without it costing an arm and a leg....am working on a limited budget. The idea is to MAKE money with it, NOT SPEND every dime I have just to get it marketed and ranked on the search engines. If anyone out there has resources for excellent internet marketing, that is reputable, NOT SCAMS, and is easy to understand for the beginner, let me know! I know amazon.com has several books you can get, such as "search engine optimization for dummies", or "keywords for dummies"...may have to go with that for now, to save on my expenses...already put TOO much into this project to give up on it....getting several hits a day to the site, but still no significant sales....any help I can get out there would be greatly appreciated. debs3

    • ANSWER:
      You can do it for free no problem but it will require a little time on your part.

      First you need to get two books from the library:

      Designing with Web Standards http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/

      Don't make me think http://www.sensible.com/buythebook.html

      Reading and understanding these two books alone will put you ahead of 99.9% of webdesigners.

      Then you need to read a free, reliable and up to date SEO tutorial. There are only two of these on the web that are considered worth reading.

      http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization

      http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php

      That's it! Read, learn and implement.

      Good luck!

  3. QUESTION:
    Stocks. Good information and sources about stocks.?
    I've never dealt or looked into stocks. I'm just looking for good sources of books/internet anything. I want to learn how to buy/sell and read the market. Sort of like stocks for dummies.

    • ANSWER:
      Some worthwhile books: "Stocks for the Long Run" by Jeremy Siegel, "One up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch, and "Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. I think these three give you the best basic education, and outline successful investing strategies. There are lots of other books out there that use one gimmick or another, but these three chart out the basic understanding of what really matters. Until you understand this stuff, the other is all ephemera.

      You might also check out the internet sites below.

      Best of luck to you. Let me know if you have specific questions.

  4. QUESTION:
    Why did the Koch brother need to hire a PR firm to whitewash their wikipedia pages?
    Look at the talk page.....
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family

    Koch Industries began employing New Media Strategies (NMS), an Internet PR firm that specializes in “word-of-mouth marketing” for major corporations including Coca-Cola, Burger King, AT&T, Dodge and Ford. It appears that, ever since the NMS contract was inked with Koch, an NMS employee began editing the Wikipedia page for “Charles Koch,” “David Koch,” “Political activities of the Koch family,” and “The Science of Success” (a book written by Charles). Under the moniker of “MBMAdmirer,” NMS employees edited Wikipedia articles to distance the Koch family from the Tea Party movement, to provide baseless comparisons between Koch and conspiracy theories surrounding George Soros, and to generally delete citations to liberal news outlets. After administrators flagged the MBMAdmirer account as a “sock puppet” — one of many fake accounts used to manipulate new media sites — a subsequent sock puppet investigation found that MBMAdmirer is connected to a number of dummy accounts and ones owned by NMS employees like Jeff Taylor.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/09/koch-wikipedia-sock-puppet/

    • ANSWER:
      Because they aren't very good with computers.

  5. QUESTION:
    Are conservatives trying to minimize the Koch brothers involvement in politics with Soros conspiracies?
    Koch Industries began employing New Media Strategies (NMS), an Internet PR firm that specializes in “word-of-mouth marketing” for major corporations including Coca-Cola, Burger King, AT&T, Dodge and Ford. It appears that, ever since the NMS contract was inked with Koch, an NMS employee began editing the Wikipedia page for “Charles Koch,” “David Koch,” “Political activities of the Koch family,” and “The Science of Success” (a book written by Charles). Under the moniker of “MBMAdmirer,” NMS employees edited Wikipedia articles to distance the Koch family from the Tea Party movement, to provide baseless comparisons between Koch and conspiracy theories surrounding George Soros, and to generally delete citations to liberal news outlets. After administrators flagged the MBMAdmirer account as a “sock puppet” — one of many fake accounts used to manipulate new media sites — a subsequent sock puppet investigation found that MBMAdmirer is connected to a number of dummy accounts and ones owned by NMS employees like Jeff Taylor.

    http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thinkprogress/6102819.html

    • ANSWER:
      No. Because those Soros "conspiracies" are true. The Koch Bros involvement is just a lie

  6. QUESTION:
    Beginner looking to invest in the stock market?
    Hello to any of those experienced investors out there. I'd like to learn everything I need to know to know to invest in the stock market with confidence. I am relatively clueless and I realize to absorb everything takes dedication, but I'd like to work up to being able of day trading.

    I've surfed the internet, but I really don't know where to start. Everything is way too confusing for me right now. Where do I go from step 1?

    To those of you who have invested before, do you recommend any books (I looked at the For Dummies edition) or helpful websites for a novice? What kind of software do you use for trading?

    I could ask hundreds of questions, I have to lot to learn.

    • ANSWER:
      Before you enter into any transaction, you should first know what you’re doing, why you are doing it and how to do it and the rules relating to what you are doing.

      Before you invest in any security, the first investment you should make is in yourself, and the best investment you can make is by educating yourself.

      Start your education by learning why you should invest and the importance of being able to make your own decisions or how the pro’s make theirs.

      Here is some reading material that can get you started in the right direction,

      Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
      Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered, by Gallea
      From Riches to Rags, by I.C. Freeley
      Millionaire Traders, Lein & Schlosberg
      How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’Neil
      24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success by William O’Neil
      The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham
      Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits, by Philip A. Fisher
      One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
      Stocks for the Long Run, by Jeremy Siegel
      The Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham
      The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom
      Trading for a Living, by Alexander Elder
      What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaunessey
      You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt
      Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig

      Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance. (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp , http://finance.yahoo.com/ . While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why. This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it.

      Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/ Stock Charts - http://stockcharts.com/
      http://www.investorshub.com/ http://www.1source4stocks.com/,
      http://www.tradingstocksguide.com/tradin…

      Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks - http://www.zacks.com/
      Smart Money - http://www.smartmoney.com/ Schaeffer’s
      http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/ Some of these web sites will have advertisers who are worth looking into also. And remember, if they offer free information, get it.

      Attend all the free seminars you can, just be careful and don’t get pressured into anything you really don’t want or need. Most schools offer courses in finance and economics, but very few will have courses on the mechanics of the investment markets, if they do try taking the course. You may want to consider on-line courses, the New York Institute of Finance use to have such courses. Try to get some fee information from the stocks exchanges they all have (had) free booklets, SIAC and some of the regulators (FINRA SEC MSRB CBOE) may provide some free literature.

      You at least have made the right decision to start investing, this is the first big step and it won’t be your last. Keep taking those steps forward and along the way never take the advice from people that are not in the market or try to tell you not to invest.

      There's no easy way to be successfull in trading/investing, it takes work and constant studying but if you want it bad enough you can do it

      Good luck on your journey


Internet Marketing For Dummies Ebook Download

Whenever you have to read information or your favorite book, it is not necessary that you be a member of the public library, as you can very well do it on your personal computer within minutes. Ebooks are electronic formats of printed books in the form of a PDF or word document and can be saved on your computer. Because ebooks don't require the use of paper made from trees, they are considered as eco friendly. They can be easily downloaded from the Internet through any web library and you can save it on your computer so that you can read it at your own convenience.

E-books carry many benefits and hence have increased their popularity too. The major advantage is that it saves your time. One need not waste much time looking for shops to purchase books. The process can be simplified by downloading an ebook online, it will just take minutes. Moreover, there are many books that cost just too much money, while the ebooks that you get online are most of the time FREE. You can simply type in your search in Google and find the ebook that you desire. Since you are looking for free product you might have to compensate it by giving away your details like, your name and your email ID through which you will receive your free download.

Ebook downloads also take less space and can be saved on a CD without much effort. You can also maintain an ebook in a folder, and at the same time maintain your collection of different ebooks on a CD. The best part of ebook downloads is that you don't have to maintain a separate room or library for storing your favorite ebook for your collection. You can also download ebooks from the Internet and get a few bonuses which one may never get when you buy a printed book from your book store.

Ebook downloads are considered as portable, so one can always carry a library of hundreds of books on a single CD and travel with them to your favorite destinations. You don't have to worry about the weight of the books or even about the shipment or travel charges.

The advantages of downloadable ebooks are many. You don't destroy any trees while reading an ebook. They can be obtained instantly and can also be stored on your computer instantly. So, if you have to read a book, the best way is the eco friendly way through ebook downloads.


Internet Marketing For Dummies

Internet marketing for dummies is a walk through of the basic steps you will need to learn to become an affiliate marketer, this guide you will give you a fair idea about the process. Yes, you will have to expand your knowledge on each individual area, but this gives you a foundation to start with. From here on you will then be able to build your own passive income business.

Internet marketing for dummies lesson 1. basic knowledge of affiliate marketing. Firstly you need to decide what you want to sell, digital products or physical product. Then after a decision you will then go to the appropriate place that has affiliate marketing programs. Let us base this whole article on a digital down load guides, and let us pretend you want to promote an internet marketing training course.

Ok firstly pick the best program that ticks all the boxes, ( this you will have to learn) . From there I would get my affiliate code for the product and take that over to my website, or blog and embed that code in an anchor txt of 1 of my KW that links directly to the sales page.

Then write a few articles to start getting traffic to my site, and then make some money. Sounds easy enough but there is just a little bit more involved then that. Internet marketing for dummies is just a basic guide line, internet marketing training course is the next step.

Internet marketing for dummies lesson 2 what is a code? A code, known as a hop link is design specifically for you, you get it from the affiliate program to promote their product, when someone click on your link, they then know that the sale is yours.

Internet marketing for dummies lesson 3 what is an anchor txt? An anchor txt is the call to action on your page that people click on. For eg, please click here, that would have your hoplink embedded in it. When your visitor clicks on it, it then goes to the sales page ( this is something you need to learn). You have to do a lot of keyword research (KW) to find low competition words (this you will have to learn), after you find your KW's you would then write good articles with the appropriate information in it to attract visitors (this you will have to learn).

Internet marketing for dummies lesson 4 what is a keyword ? KW's are how google finds you and places you in the search engine, but they must be relevant to the product. ( this you will have to learn)

Internet marketing for dummies lesson 5 what is a website and why do I need 1? A website is your own piece of real estate that has pages and post on it. You write articles and advertising products on your site, and when some one click- through from your site to the sales page and buys, you get payed.

Affiliate marketing has so many advantages, 1 you never have to own your own inventory, you do not need to deal with customers or deliver the goods, this is all taken care of by your affiliate program.

Majority of starting your own passive income business is free, and what little you do have to pay for is next to nothing. You tell me what other business you could start-up with such low over heads and operated from the comfort of your own home?

So has Internet marketing for dummies taught you the basics foundation to internet marketing, are you ready to start affiliate marketing?

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    What is the best source for webmaster education and search engine optimization education that is affordable?
    I have a new website at
    http://www.specialhomeproducts.com
    Check it out! I have many new home decor and office decor products, as well as great gift ideas for every special occasion....just need ideas as to how to market this without it costing an arm and a leg....am working on a limited budget. The idea is to MAKE money with it, NOT SPEND every dime I have just to get it marketed and ranked on the search engines. If anyone out there has resources for excellent internet marketing, that is reputable, NOT SCAMS, and is easy to understand for the beginner, let me know! I know amazon.com has several books you can get, such as "search engine optimization for dummies", or "keywords for dummies"...may have to go with that for now, to save on my expenses...already put TOO much into this project to give up on it....getting several hits a day to the site, but still no significant sales....any help I can get out there would be greatly appreciated. debs3

    • ANSWER:
      You can do it for free no problem but it will require a little time on your part.

      First you need to get two books from the library:

      Designing with Web Standards http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/

      Don't make me think http://www.sensible.com/buythebook.html

      Reading and understanding these two books alone will put you ahead of 99.9% of webdesigners.

      Then you need to read a free, reliable and up to date SEO tutorial. There are only two of these on the web that are considered worth reading.

      http://www.seomoz.org/article/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization

      http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php

      That's it! Read, learn and implement.

      Good luck!

  2. QUESTION:
    Why did Internet Explorer take such a hit in popularity?
    I'm sitting here reading a CSS for dummies book from waaaayyyyy back in 2005 and I see that they say that something like 80% of people were using IE. Um..so I looked it up..and it seems they had 65% market share in 2005 and then by 2006 they had something like 7% which I think is pretty funny since i hate IE. So what was it? Firefox?

    • ANSWER:
      It's because Firefox has a bunch of free add-ons that IE doesn't. The most significant, and useful, is the ad blocker that removes intrusive ads from web pages. Then there is the Last FM plug-in for music lovers.

  3. QUESTION:
    Stocks. Good information and sources about stocks.?
    I've never dealt or looked into stocks. I'm just looking for good sources of books/internet anything. I want to learn how to buy/sell and read the market. Sort of like stocks for dummies.

    • ANSWER:
      Some worthwhile books: "Stocks for the Long Run" by Jeremy Siegel, "One up on Wall Street" by Peter Lynch, and "Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham. I think these three give you the best basic education, and outline successful investing strategies. There are lots of other books out there that use one gimmick or another, but these three chart out the basic understanding of what really matters. Until you understand this stuff, the other is all ephemera.

      You might also check out the internet sites below.

      Best of luck to you. Let me know if you have specific questions.

  4. QUESTION:
    Does Windows Vista suck more than any other operating system or what?
    I hate it. It seems to me that Microsoft spent six years and millions of dollars and then offered the public "Windows for Dummies". I particularly hate how it is so resistant to system customization. I'm not some computer novice and I know the security and privacy settings that I want and I don't feel that Microsoft has any right to decide them for me. In case anyone hasn't noticed yet, the system is also very interactive with Microsoft, exchanging information; i.e., spying on the user. When I finally forced the system to clean out its cache of cookies and temporary files, it disabled internet explorer. I guess Microsoft just wants to be on top of all the info of all of the users so as to be able to do what Microsoft does best: market itself. I won't even get into all of the programs that won't work with it. I ended up going back to XP and my copy of Vista I can't even give away.

    Microsoft needs to learn that Microsoft doesn't necessarily know best. Do you agree?

    • ANSWER:
      They're Big Brother run amok!

      The program is everything you said and worse. The first MANDATORY service pack you download includes copyright protection code, so you can't download torrents.

      I don't have Vista, never would and recommend to anyone with ears or a screen to avoid it like the plague.

  5. QUESTION:
    Why did the Koch brother need to hire a PR firm to whitewash their wikipedia pages?
    Look at the talk page.....
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_activities_of_the_Koch_family

    Koch Industries began employing New Media Strategies (NMS), an Internet PR firm that specializes in “word-of-mouth marketing” for major corporations including Coca-Cola, Burger King, AT&T, Dodge and Ford. It appears that, ever since the NMS contract was inked with Koch, an NMS employee began editing the Wikipedia page for “Charles Koch,” “David Koch,” “Political activities of the Koch family,” and “The Science of Success” (a book written by Charles). Under the moniker of “MBMAdmirer,” NMS employees edited Wikipedia articles to distance the Koch family from the Tea Party movement, to provide baseless comparisons between Koch and conspiracy theories surrounding George Soros, and to generally delete citations to liberal news outlets. After administrators flagged the MBMAdmirer account as a “sock puppet” — one of many fake accounts used to manipulate new media sites — a subsequent sock puppet investigation found that MBMAdmirer is connected to a number of dummy accounts and ones owned by NMS employees like Jeff Taylor.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/09/koch-wikipedia-sock-puppet/

    • ANSWER:
      Because they aren't very good with computers.

  6. QUESTION:
    Are conservatives trying to minimize the Koch brothers involvement in politics with Soros conspiracies?
    Koch Industries began employing New Media Strategies (NMS), an Internet PR firm that specializes in “word-of-mouth marketing” for major corporations including Coca-Cola, Burger King, AT&T, Dodge and Ford. It appears that, ever since the NMS contract was inked with Koch, an NMS employee began editing the Wikipedia page for “Charles Koch,” “David Koch,” “Political activities of the Koch family,” and “The Science of Success” (a book written by Charles). Under the moniker of “MBMAdmirer,” NMS employees edited Wikipedia articles to distance the Koch family from the Tea Party movement, to provide baseless comparisons between Koch and conspiracy theories surrounding George Soros, and to generally delete citations to liberal news outlets. After administrators flagged the MBMAdmirer account as a “sock puppet” — one of many fake accounts used to manipulate new media sites — a subsequent sock puppet investigation found that MBMAdmirer is connected to a number of dummy accounts and ones owned by NMS employees like Jeff Taylor.

    http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thinkprogress/6102819.html

    • ANSWER:
      No. Because those Soros "conspiracies" are true. The Koch Bros involvement is just a lie

  7. QUESTION:
    Beginner looking to invest in the stock market?
    Hello to any of those experienced investors out there. I'd like to learn everything I need to know to know to invest in the stock market with confidence. I am relatively clueless and I realize to absorb everything takes dedication, but I'd like to work up to being able of day trading.

    I've surfed the internet, but I really don't know where to start. Everything is way too confusing for me right now. Where do I go from step 1?

    To those of you who have invested before, do you recommend any books (I looked at the For Dummies edition) or helpful websites for a novice? What kind of software do you use for trading?

    I could ask hundreds of questions, I have to lot to learn.

    • ANSWER:
      Before you enter into any transaction, you should first know what you’re doing, why you are doing it and how to do it and the rules relating to what you are doing.

      Before you invest in any security, the first investment you should make is in yourself, and the best investment you can make is by educating yourself.

      Start your education by learning why you should invest and the importance of being able to make your own decisions or how the pro’s make theirs.

      Here is some reading material that can get you started in the right direction,

      Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
      Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered, by Gallea
      From Riches to Rags, by I.C. Freeley
      Millionaire Traders, Lein & Schlosberg
      How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’Neil
      24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success by William O’Neil
      The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham
      Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits, by Philip A. Fisher
      One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
      Stocks for the Long Run, by Jeremy Siegel
      The Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham
      The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom
      Trading for a Living, by Alexander Elder
      What Works on Wall Street by James O'Shaunessey
      You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt
      Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig

      Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance. (http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp , http://finance.yahoo.com/ . While at MSN following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pros are doing and why. This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it.

      Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are Investopedia - http://www.investopedia.com/ Stock Charts - http://stockcharts.com/
      http://www.investorshub.com/ http://www.1source4stocks.com/,
      http://www.tradingstocksguide.com/tradin…

      Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks - http://www.zacks.com/
      Smart Money - http://www.smartmoney.com/ Schaeffer’s
      http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/ Some of these web sites will have advertisers who are worth looking into also. And remember, if they offer free information, get it.

      Attend all the free seminars you can, just be careful and don’t get pressured into anything you really don’t want or need. Most schools offer courses in finance and economics, but very few will have courses on the mechanics of the investment markets, if they do try taking the course. You may want to consider on-line courses, the New York Institute of Finance use to have such courses. Try to get some fee information from the stocks exchanges they all have (had) free booklets, SIAC and some of the regulators (FINRA SEC MSRB CBOE) may provide some free literature.

      You at least have made the right decision to start investing, this is the first big step and it won’t be your last. Keep taking those steps forward and along the way never take the advice from people that are not in the market or try to tell you not to invest.

      There's no easy way to be successfull in trading/investing, it takes work and constant studying but if you want it bad enough you can do it

      Good luck on your journey

  8. QUESTION:
    How to install a game I got from the market using crack folder and copying and pasting it?
    Hi i really need alot of help, I bought rollercoaster tycoon 3 from the market and was givin a sheet on how to install it using the crack folder (which is a mistake as the folder is actually called patch on the cd) and i have tried for a while to get it going but the instruction make no sense and are to brief and i need a step by step dummy guide as i really dont get it at all.

    This is what the paper says:
    Disable the internet and all virus checkers before installing after installing copy and paste the files from the crack folder in your hard drive overwrite existing files.
    Install the game when prompted for a cd key go to folder called crack in the installation cd/dvd run program called keygen it will generate the key for you after installing the game copy and paste the files from the crack folder and paste them into your installation folder usually c:programfile/... overwrite if asked and play the game.
    Go to my computercd/dvd drive double click or explore by right clicking you will see a list of folders one would be called crack/patch/vitality/razor911/ etc etc.

    Thats what they gave me word for word so hopefull you could explain it better i would be forever grateful

    thankks heaps :D

    • ANSWER:
      You have purchased an unlawfully copied game. You should report to the police the person who sold it to you as I, and I'm sure our lawful community, will not condone this type of activity. Nor will I tolerate illiteracy:

      Disable the internet and all virus checkers before installing.
      after installing, copy and paste the files from the crack folder into your hard drive, overwriting existing files.
      Install the game.
      When prompted for a cd key, go to the folder called "crack" in the installation CD/DVD and run the program called "keygen."
      It will generate the (unlawfully) pirated key for you.
      After installing the (illegal copy of the) game, copy and paste the files from the "crack" folder and paste them into your installation folder usually "C:Program Files"...
      If asked to overwrite them, do so, and then play the game.
      Go to My Computer -> CD/DVD drive and double click it or explore it by right clicking on the drive and choosing the "Explore" menu options.
      You will see a list of folders: One would be called crack/patch/vitality/razor911/

      et cetera, et cetera.

      Piracy is against the Law.

  9. QUESTION:
    Please help me....Question:?
    Ok..

    We were trying to buy a house,but the people who handled the loan never came through,they were scamming us,we lost money & so did the owner of this house.

    I was telling the owner all along that they were crooks,ect.but he didn't listen.

    Now he thinks he is going to sue them-LOL-how? They packed up & moved away. He should have sued them when he had the chance!

    Because several people reported them for money under the table,no reciept,

    hiding money from the IRS,ect.

    They claim they went to court for it-yeah right. THEN they finally put the closing date in print (to shut the investigators up) then cancelled it. Now they are running scared

    because they are being investigated,I guess. Opinions?

    And the owner of this house says 1 day he will rent it to us,then the next day something else. He made us put everything here in our name (gas,electric,ect) even though we have no lease or anything.

    He made us pay HIS water bill (he said he tried to put it in our name & couldn't)

    and did not give us a reciept. My husband is afraid to ask him.

    This owner is crazy! Example "I want you to move." Then: "I want 500 dollars." For what?? He told us to move..then he says he wants to talk to my husband (for what?),& is bitching that he lost money.So what? So did we!!!

    Then he says he wants to sell the house (it is still listed on the Internet)

    and that he has some1 who is gonna buy it (yeah right!)

    WTF is up with all these mixed signals? He says he will bring a lease & the reciept,but never did. He went out of town with our money!!!

    And I have to transfer my kids to the school here,but I don't want to unless I know FOR SURE we will stay here! He doesn't even care!

    I think he is mad because those crooks ripped him off & is trying to get his money back through us (like,trying to take it out on us),my hubby wants to give him the 500 WITH NO RECEIPT!! (A lot of people take advantage of my husband,this jerk included. And we are the ones who suffer.)

    Neither one will listen to me...the owner is crazy & my hubby is very lacking in intelligence. He actually thinks we don't need that reciept!

    I called & left a message saying he's not getting any money unless we get lease,reciept,& take the house off the market. But hubby will not back me up on this.

    He is a dummy.

    What do you guys think? It's very troubling & I don't know what to do... I'm worried about the kids' school....

    WTF does this guy think he is? He thinks all we have to do is wait for him to make up his mind!!!

    What could I do?

    Thank you..PLEASE ADVISE.....

    N.
    Yes,I could do that,but it is MY HUSBAND WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME. I found an apt the other day & needed the 500 to rent it (deposit) & told hubby to give me the money to get it,but he refused! He would rather get ripped off!!
    It isn't me,it's him. He will give him the money behind my back. WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT HUBBY???:(:(
    I just want to get away from this f***king fruitcake but how? Yet,even my hubby said the guy was "confused." Then why is he listening to him?
    Is there anything I can do to prevent this guy from ripping us off any further? Like,report him? where? to who?
    PLEASE HELP!!:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

    • ANSWER:
      Cut your losses and move.

  10. QUESTION:
    How would a Canon EOS XSi with an EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens compare to a 50D with the same lens?
    I have owned SLRs in the past and am currently in the market for a new one. I want to stick with Canon, because I have been very happy with my Rebel K2. After searching around the internet I finally came to the conclusion that I was gonna get the XSi. I am so excited to get a DSLR I can't wait! Haha. So I went down to Best Buy just to check them out. I played around on the XSi and it seemed fine..... but then right before I left I picked up the 50D and took a couple shots with that one too. I know it is the photographer that makes the picture, and not necessarily the camera....but on full auto mode I noticed a huge difference in picture quality between the two. My son looked kind of washed out and pale with the XSi and I could tell by looking at his face that the flash was used and it didn't look good. On the 50D his skin was evenly lit, and it looked more golden or not so over exposed maybe. I kept them both on the dummy mode, and shot from the same place. I did adjust settings on the XSi afterward and made it look a little better, but still not quite as good as the 50D on automatic. So now I don't know what to do. I am worried if I still get the XSi I will regret it after getting my hands on that other one.

    Then I got to thinking what if the difference is in the lens? I have read so many times online that it is the lens that affects the picture quality, not so much the camera body. So my question is if I put the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens on the XSi how would it compare to the same lens on a 50D??? Would there be a big difference or virtually none at all? I am thinking to go back to the store to try it.

    I don't plan on using just the "dummy setting" but in comparing the two on that setting, the cameras seem night and day IMO. Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

    • ANSWER:
      Both cameras are on the same format APS-C so there should not be any difference on the lenses. The 50D is a far better quality camera, resolution is 15MB, DIGIC-4 processor, 6.3 fps. The XSi (450D) has a resolution of 12MB, DIGIC-3 processor, 3.5 fps. Compare the two and the 50D will be on top. Since the 50D has the better sensor, the output will have far better quality and color balance.

  11. QUESTION:
    How would a Canon EOS XSi with an EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens compare to a 50D with the same lens?
    I have owned SLRs in the past and am currently in the market for a new one. I want to stick with Canon, because I have been very happy with my Rebel K2. After searching around the internet I finally came to the conclusion that I was gonna get the XSi. I am so excited to get a DSLR I can't wait! Haha. So I went down to Best Buy just to check them out. I played around on the XSi and it seemed fine..... but then right before I left I picked up the 50D and took a couple shots with that one too. I know it is the photographer that makes the picture, and not necessarily the camera....but on full auto mode I noticed a huge difference in picture quality between the two. My son looked kind of washed out and pale with the XSi and I could tell by looking at his face that the flash was used and it didn't look good. On the 50D his skin was evenly lit, and it looked more golden or not so over exposed maybe. I kept them both on the dummy mode, and shot from the same place. I did adjust settings on the XSi afterward and made it look a little better, but still not quite as good as the 50D on automatic. So now I don't know what to do. I am worried if I still get the XSi I will regret it after getting my hands on that other one.

    Then I got to thinking what if the difference is in the lens? I have read so many times online that it is the lens that affects the picture quality, not so much the camera body. So my question is if I put the EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens on the XSi how would it compare to the same lens on a 50D??? Would there be a big difference or virtually none at all? I am thinking to go back to the store to try it.

    I don't plan on using just the "dummy setting" but in comparing the two on that setting, the cameras seem night and day IMO. Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

    • ANSWER:
      The lens won't make a huge difference between the two cameras.

      One thing to keep in mind is that the two cameras have different LCD screens. You can find the specs here:

      http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=16303#ModelTechSpecsAct

      http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=17499#ModelTechSpecsAct

      Personally, I would recommend the 50D (or hold out for the new mid-range model rumored to come out this fall). The difference between the two really lies in the body construction and the shutter speed. The 50D will shoot at 6 fps while the XSi is stuck at 3.5 or so.

      Also, the shutter in the 50d is designed to last up to 100,000 actuations (clicks) while the XSi is only rated for 50k.

      Edit: Make sure you didn't accidentally boost the exposure compensation when taking the washed out photo.