Brokerage promos?
Jan 8, 2005 | 9:51 am
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Brokerage promos?
I need to deposit my year-end bonus into a new brokerage account. What are the best offers out there right now with Ameritrade or other brokers (TD Waterhouse, etc)
Last year I got a Palm Tungsten T3 from Ameritrade which was pretty nice.
Last year I got a Palm Tungsten T3 from Ameritrade which was pretty nice.
Jan 8, 2005 | 1:31 pm
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There are lots of them listed on the Finance Page of my website, Free Frequent Flyer Miles. The best depends on which airlines you prefer, how much money you want to deposit and how much you intend to trade. You may want to consider opening accounts with one or more banks first, then using money in those accounts to open one or more brokerage accounts.
Jan 8, 2005 | 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by pgalore
I need to deposit my year-end bonus into a new brokerage account. What are the best offers out there right now with Ameritrade or other brokers (TD Waterhouse, etc)
Last year I got a Palm Tungsten T3 from Ameritrade which was pretty nice.
Last year I got a Palm Tungsten T3 from Ameritrade which was pretty nice.
Tried a bonus offer with TD Waterhouse last year. They were completely clueless all the way around.
Jan 8, 2005 | 3:56 pm
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A word of warning about Ameritrade:
If you're planning on doing a high volume of trades, Ameritrade makes it very difficult for you to generate your Schedule D at the end of the year. Most brokerages allow you to download your transactions into TurboTax, but Ameritrade does not. Instead, they try and sell you an additional service called GainsKeeper.
If you're planning on doing a high volume of trades, Ameritrade makes it very difficult for you to generate your Schedule D at the end of the year. Most brokerages allow you to download your transactions into TurboTax, but Ameritrade does not. Instead, they try and sell you an additional service called GainsKeeper.
Jan 8, 2005 | 11:30 pm
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I have some money that's been doing its own mileage runs for years. Most of these offers require the money/stock to stay put for six months. That's exactly how long this money visited Ameritrade, TD Waterhouse, Chase Bank, E*Trade and Fidelity. I thank these financial institutions for oh so many miles.
Jan 9, 2005 | 2:51 am
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Originally Posted by pgary
There are lots of them listed on the Finance Page of my website, Free Frequent Flyer Miles.
Fidelity Investments offers 5,000, 15,000, or 25,000 United Airlines miles for opening most any type of account with them, or adding to an existing one. Fidelity offers a regular brokerage account and a very large number of mutual funds. You may meet the minimums by transferring securities from another broker to a Fidelity brokerage account. Details here. Offer expires December 31, 2005.
Has the offer changed, or am I missing something?
Jan 9, 2005 | 9:35 am
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Ameritrade and Schedule D
I also put $25,000 into Ameritrade. Got the full 20,000 SPG points within a week or so.
There is a free program for creating a Schedule D from Ameritrade called Tradekeeper.
It's a bit cumbersome but works fine.
You can find it here: http://americanware.netfirms.com/
There is a free program for creating a Schedule D from Ameritrade called Tradekeeper.
It's a bit cumbersome but works fine.
You can find it here: http://americanware.netfirms.com/
Jan 9, 2005 | 11:02 am
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Originally Posted by Sirecca
I recently opened up a new account with Ameritrade for the 20k Starwood points. First half of points posted within a week. (Note that second half posts after 6 months so long as you don't withdrawal below the initial minimum.) Also happy with my limited trading with Ameritrade so far.
Tried a bonus offer with TD Waterhouse last year. They were completely clueless all the way around.
Tried a bonus offer with TD Waterhouse last year. They were completely clueless all the way around.
Jan 9, 2005 | 2:08 pm
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Originally Posted by Counsellor
pgary, I noticed the following on your website:
But when I go to the site, it says it's for new customers only, and I can't find anything about the " . . . or adding to an existing one."
Has the offer changed, or am I missing something?
But when I go to the site, it says it's for new customers only, and I can't find anything about the " . . . or adding to an existing one."
Has the offer changed, or am I missing something?
Jan 9, 2005 | 2:15 pm
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Have a TD waterhouse account amd satisfied w/ their new $9.95 commissions and the 30 free trades...not sure of any mileague bonuses they might have, but their customer service, etc has been very helpful as I also rolled my 401k over to them.
Jan 9, 2005 | 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by kdinino
Have a TD waterhouse account amd satisfied w/ their new $9.95 commissions and the 30 free trades...not sure of any mileague bonuses they might have, but their customer service, etc has been very helpful as I also rolled my 401k over to them.
I have used the Ameritrade one for *wood points, and I still have my account with them. I'm not sure if I like it all that much or not, but there was no problem related to the *wood points, so they've been very good as far as that's concerned.
Jan 9, 2005 | 10:06 pm
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Originally Posted by kdinino
Have a TD waterhouse account amd satisfied w/ their new $9.95 commissions and the 30 free trades...not sure of any mileague bonuses they might have, but their customer service, etc has been very helpful as I also rolled my 401k over to them.
True--I make about 10-12 trades per month which qualifies me for their active trader pricing....