| Who is the best broker overall? |
| Ameritrade Inc. |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
| E*Trade Financial |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
| Scottrade |
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61% |
[ 29 ] |
| TD Waterhouse |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
| Schwab |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| Fidelity |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
| Investrade |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| EX24 |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| Sharebuilder |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
| Harris Direct |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| FirstTrade |
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4% |
[ 2 ] |
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| Benjamin |
Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 6:06 am Post subject: Who is the best broker overall? |
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If your best friend was looking to trades stocks for the first time who would you recommend?
Feel free to discuss the latest deals, positives and negatives of the brokers here.
If you would like to see more brokers on this poll please let me know. |
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| soma |
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:37 am Post subject: |
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| MrInvestor |
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:20 am Post subject: |
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| I've used TD Waterhouse for a long time. Scottrade seems to be getting the votes though. |
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| jumbojack |
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| junsta17 |
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| cwing |
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:38 am Post subject: |
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| I am about to open up a scottrade account ! |
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| MrInvestor |
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 11:41 am Post subject: |
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| cwing |
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks.... I wish I could put more money into stocks I know I could but then I wouldn't have a life.. And we all need to get out and be social.. But I think I am doing good for a kid my age.  |
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| chahsiubow |
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| junsta17 wrote: | | wow i want a monkey. |
Dude, if you want to hire me as your broker, just give me a ring next time. I can reply faster.  |
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| MrInvestor |
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| soma |
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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(Not to take you down or anything, but)
Those broker comparissons that are provided by the broker are usually heavily biased to emphasize any advantage it has over others.
I've seen this a lot with brokers I wouldn't even consider opening accounts with, but they make it seem like their services are the best. I don't blame them (how else are they going to attract people) but it does make it more difficult to figure out what's best. |
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| MrInvestor |
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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No offense taken.
I hoped to find more comparisons, but this is all I found so far. I'm sure they modify them so it makes them come out the best, but if everone has one you could get a clear picture.
The mighty fool.com has an "unbias" comparison.
It's 4 brokers. Ummm...here you go...choose from these 4 brokers out of the 20 or more out there. Really, please use one of these so we get our commission...thanks. |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| bigdave |
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| scott trade is the way to go it leaves all others in the dust! |
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| Dave Rathbun |
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:50 am Post subject: |
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E*Trade is buying Harris Direct. That make me mad... I left E*Trade because of some of their pricing policies, and now they're taking over my current broker.
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