ETRADE or Ameritrade?
Jan 14, 2006 | 10:37 pm
#31
Join Date: May 2002
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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Any monetary incentives out there for signing up? or for referring people?
interactivebrokers.com. The money you save in commissions will more than offset any upfront miles or $50 or $100 you will get from other brokers. Their fee is half a cent per share. So you buy 200 shares and pay only 1 dollar. Buy 1000 shares and pay only 5 dollars. Other advantages. You can buy stocks on Toronto stock exchange, London stock exchage and many others. Very low margin rates.
Disclaimer. I am an account holder at IB.
Jan 15, 2006 | 6:10 pm
#32
Join Date: Mar 2000
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How is their phone service?
Originally Posted by takhliq1
This is only my personal opinion but i would go with someone like
interactivebrokers.com. The money you save in commissions will more than offset any upfront miles or $50 or $100 you will get from other brokers. Their fee is half a cent per share. So you buy 200 shares and pay only 1 dollar. Buy 1000 shares and pay only 5 dollars. Other advantages. You can buy stocks on Toronto stock exchange, London stock exchage and many others. Very low margin rates.
Disclaimer. I am an account holder at IB.
interactivebrokers.com. The money you save in commissions will more than offset any upfront miles or $50 or $100 you will get from other brokers. Their fee is half a cent per share. So you buy 200 shares and pay only 1 dollar. Buy 1000 shares and pay only 5 dollars. Other advantages. You can buy stocks on Toronto stock exchange, London stock exchage and many others. Very low margin rates.
Disclaimer. I am an account holder at IB.
Jan 15, 2006 | 6:41 pm
#33
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Originally Posted by best
How is their phone service?
Rob
Jan 16, 2006 | 9:14 am
#34
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Originally Posted by best
How is their phone service?
Jan 16, 2006 | 1:09 pm
#35
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I would go with Ameritrade. Etrade's execution is sloow! I has had issue with Etrade posting the bonus. Eventually I just closed all my accounts at Etrade and never look back.
Jan 17, 2006 | 5:38 am
#36
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I've had/have accounts with both Ameritrade and E*Trade. As others have already pointed out, trades are faster with Ameritrade, and in general I have found Ameritrade easier to work with.
Since this is the MilesBuzz forum, let me add something about miles. When I initially opened my E*Trade account, I clearly qualified for the signup bonus. When no miles appeared even after having waited beyond the prescribed waiting period, I contacted E*Trade. They waffled on the miles, and it took several rounds of back and forth emails to finally get said miles.
Since this is the MilesBuzz forum, let me add something about miles. When I initially opened my E*Trade account, I clearly qualified for the signup bonus. When no miles appeared even after having waited beyond the prescribed waiting period, I contacted E*Trade. They waffled on the miles, and it took several rounds of back and forth emails to finally get said miles.
Jan 17, 2006 | 7:14 pm
#38
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Recently analyzed all of the broker/banking offers and decided that Ameritrade offered the best combination of miles + lowest fees if you are a frequent trader. Since we plan to buy (and hold) mostly mutual funds, Fidelity was a better option for us.
We received a nice chunk of UA miles from Fidelity, but I was told that this offer recently expired. The miles posted within 2 weeks of opening the account. ^
We received a nice chunk of UA miles from Fidelity, but I was told that this offer recently expired. The miles posted within 2 weeks of opening the account. ^
Jan 19, 2006 | 6:31 am
#39
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Here's a little detail on Ameritrade and Starwood: http://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefer...financial.html
Mar 1, 2006 | 9:05 pm
#40
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Does Ameritrade offer any incentive, other than free trades, to add money to your account? Any good promos out there?
Mar 2, 2006 | 5:07 am
#41
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Ameritrade periodically sends out targeted offers to existing customers. My father, for instance, got a mini-ipod and Bose docking station for adding 50K to his account. I have personally got offered some sort of golf driver for 25K (declined that one...).
I have heard a lot of negative things about Etrade's customer service, so if those were my only two options I would probably go with Ameritrade.
I have heard a lot of negative things about Etrade's customer service, so if those were my only two options I would probably go with Ameritrade.
Mar 2, 2006 | 6:20 pm
#44
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Palm Treo Smartphone and 25 free trades
Originally Posted by SkyTeam777
Does Ameritrade offer any incentive, other than free trades, to add money to your account? Any good promos out there?
Ameritrade has this promo now, until April 12th. The phone can be used w/Sprint, Verizon, or Cingular (or could be sold on Ebay - retails for around $300)
http://www.ameritrade.com/offer/flat...nt=offer&a=pok
Mar 8, 2006 | 1:19 pm
#45
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I just applied for the Ameritrade Starwood promo and it was pretty painless to do online.
just an FYI, there is one point in the application where they ask for an offer code and I couldnt find one anywhere. So I called in and they told me to use 353 (if funding with 25K).
-- Tex
just an FYI, there is one point in the application where they ask for an offer code and I couldnt find one anywhere. So I called in and they told me to use 353 (if funding with 25K).
-- Tex