Internet investment advice: Investing with a rock of salt

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 65-77

  Dewally, Michaël ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 20444450006     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v59.n4.2546     Document Type: Article

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