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October 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM #14200October 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM #286863patientrenterParticipant
For what it’s worth, I have brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, and Interactive Brokers. Each is useful for different things.
October 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM #287157patientrenterParticipantFor what it’s worth, I have brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, and Interactive Brokers. Each is useful for different things.
October 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM #287175patientrenterParticipantFor what it’s worth, I have brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, and Interactive Brokers. Each is useful for different things.
October 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM #287202patientrenterParticipantFor what it’s worth, I have brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, and Interactive Brokers. Each is useful for different things.
October 13, 2008 at 4:57 PM #287205patientrenterParticipantFor what it’s worth, I have brokerage accounts at Vanguard, Schwab, Fidelity, and Interactive Brokers. Each is useful for different things.
October 13, 2008 at 6:07 PM #286898stockstradrParticipantI love E*TRADE. I left them because their balance sheets showed me they were insolvent.
They have done a lot of work since then to return to adequate capital ratios…but I haven’t looked over their balance sheets again.
So IF you find E*TRADE has gotten their toxic mortgages off their balance sheet, and reached safe capital ratios…might be a good choice.
For now i’ll stick with Fidelity, for safety.
October 13, 2008 at 6:07 PM #287193stockstradrParticipantI love E*TRADE. I left them because their balance sheets showed me they were insolvent.
They have done a lot of work since then to return to adequate capital ratios…but I haven’t looked over their balance sheets again.
So IF you find E*TRADE has gotten their toxic mortgages off their balance sheet, and reached safe capital ratios…might be a good choice.
For now i’ll stick with Fidelity, for safety.
October 13, 2008 at 6:07 PM #287210stockstradrParticipantI love E*TRADE. I left them because their balance sheets showed me they were insolvent.
They have done a lot of work since then to return to adequate capital ratios…but I haven’t looked over their balance sheets again.
So IF you find E*TRADE has gotten their toxic mortgages off their balance sheet, and reached safe capital ratios…might be a good choice.
For now i’ll stick with Fidelity, for safety.
October 13, 2008 at 6:07 PM #287237stockstradrParticipantI love E*TRADE. I left them because their balance sheets showed me they were insolvent.
They have done a lot of work since then to return to adequate capital ratios…but I haven’t looked over their balance sheets again.
So IF you find E*TRADE has gotten their toxic mortgages off their balance sheet, and reached safe capital ratios…might be a good choice.
For now i’ll stick with Fidelity, for safety.
October 13, 2008 at 6:07 PM #287241stockstradrParticipantI love E*TRADE. I left them because their balance sheets showed me they were insolvent.
They have done a lot of work since then to return to adequate capital ratios…but I haven’t looked over their balance sheets again.
So IF you find E*TRADE has gotten their toxic mortgages off their balance sheet, and reached safe capital ratios…might be a good choice.
For now i’ll stick with Fidelity, for safety.
October 13, 2008 at 6:20 PM #286908patientrenterParticipantStockstrader points out an important issue: you want cheap trades, nice websites, quick phone responses, good rates on deposits and loans, access to multiple stock and other exchanges and so on, but above all else, you need reliability.
I chose my brokerages a few years ago based on the fact that they had a name to protect, were very big, and were known for catering to the middle class. It is hard for me to imagine that the govt would not step in to cover their customer obligations should the world fall apart. They have made occasional errors, but have always acted helpfully to fix the problems.
October 13, 2008 at 6:20 PM #287203patientrenterParticipantStockstrader points out an important issue: you want cheap trades, nice websites, quick phone responses, good rates on deposits and loans, access to multiple stock and other exchanges and so on, but above all else, you need reliability.
I chose my brokerages a few years ago based on the fact that they had a name to protect, were very big, and were known for catering to the middle class. It is hard for me to imagine that the govt would not step in to cover their customer obligations should the world fall apart. They have made occasional errors, but have always acted helpfully to fix the problems.
October 13, 2008 at 6:20 PM #287221patientrenterParticipantStockstrader points out an important issue: you want cheap trades, nice websites, quick phone responses, good rates on deposits and loans, access to multiple stock and other exchanges and so on, but above all else, you need reliability.
I chose my brokerages a few years ago based on the fact that they had a name to protect, were very big, and were known for catering to the middle class. It is hard for me to imagine that the govt would not step in to cover their customer obligations should the world fall apart. They have made occasional errors, but have always acted helpfully to fix the problems.
October 13, 2008 at 6:20 PM #287247patientrenterParticipantStockstrader points out an important issue: you want cheap trades, nice websites, quick phone responses, good rates on deposits and loans, access to multiple stock and other exchanges and so on, but above all else, you need reliability.
I chose my brokerages a few years ago based on the fact that they had a name to protect, were very big, and were known for catering to the middle class. It is hard for me to imagine that the govt would not step in to cover their customer obligations should the world fall apart. They have made occasional errors, but have always acted helpfully to fix the problems.
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