© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/Brokers Recent content written about Brokers en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_429201198724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author slowman - Our company uses Smith Barney for stock options (benefitaccess.com). The website is often down, even in broad daylight. I can understand if it is down at 2am, but how can it repeatedly go down at, e.g., 4pm Pacific time? Even when it is up, it often... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~429201198724 Wed, 7 May 2008 20:23:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_429201198724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_428828429956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author decent2all - You cannot rely on what the personnel tells you. You may have to force them to stick to agreements they made with you the previous day. If you have a large account, they will actively trade against you in an unfair manner. They will emotionalize you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~428828429956 Sun, 4 May 2008 23:11:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_428828429956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_427676044932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author brxcqqq - After closing out my Interactive Brokers account, I decided to try MB Trading based on recommendations I read here and elsewhere. So far, the difference has been between night and day. My experience at IB had been one with arbitrary, hidden fees so... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~427676044932 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:26:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_427676044932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426797403780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author awildelephant - I came to my local Wellsfargo branch and wanted to open a CD. They refered me to Wellstrade so that the interest rate would be better. They called on my behalf and I agreed to transferred 25000 into the Wellstrade. However, the guy told me to call... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426797403780 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:39:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426797403780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_424891354756?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jjs82 - I just moved all my funds there in Dec '07. I haven't really had a chance to fully use the system. If they stopped out sourcing their customer service, we may have some luck with getting accurate information. The customer service is the most... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~424891354756 Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:43:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_424891354756?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_423808241284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author justinslot - Trying to clear up some of the strange opinions about Sharebuilder around here. Sharebuilder basically simulates Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPS) without any of the fees generally associated with DRIPS: fees to set up accounts, or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~423808241284 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:57:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_423808241284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_421065756292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gbodge - I am a USAA member and have checking, savings, credit card, mortgage, auto insurance, and now brokerage accounts with USAA. So far, I have been very happy with all of their products. I opened the USAA brokerage account to supplement a TD Ameritrade... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~421065756292 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:34:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_421065756292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_420434185860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author tmmycat - I opened a Roth IRA and SEP-IRA at Fidelity, and so far they're giving me a very subtle but clear vibe of incompetence. 1) I sent a question through their website; it said they would reply in 48 hours but they replied in 4 days. No biggie but it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~420434185860 Sat, 1 Mar 2008 14:54:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_420434185860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419968618116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ken430tx - I have had an account for more than 10 years. Trading is easy, cheap, fast and accurate. The interfaces are not as slick as Fidelity, but their financial strength is awesome! I have found excellent customer service when the occasional error has... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419968618116 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:39:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419968618116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419544731268?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ccsuwxman - My wife and I had an e-trade joint account for many years. At one point, we decided to transfer stocks from her individual account at another brokerage firm into our e-trade account. We filled out all the required forms, got everything notarized, and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419544731268 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:17:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419544731268?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_416775573124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ez_bucks - Trading interface is several years behind their competitors. Software can't handle frequent traders. Their "live" brokers are incompetent. Their management offers apologies by the bucketful , but takes no action to fix problems... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~416775573124 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:04:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_416775573124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412742356612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author korvus - I'd been interested in investing for a while, but this year I finally decided to get serious about it. One thing I immediately realized is that with my relatively small account size, commissions were a serious problem for me. If you do a $1000 trade... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412742356612 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:36:57 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412742356612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412419198596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author investor33 - I’ve had a Roth IRA with Charles Schwab for 2 years. Schwab's website is the best I've ever seen for any business. The website has tons of great research and tools to play around with. I'm also impressed with how often Schwab adds and improves on their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412419198596 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:36:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412419198596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_412411924100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author investor33 - I'm a new investor who opened up an account with ShareBuilder around one year ago. I didn't do a lot of shopping around and unfortunately I was duped by ShareBuilders "long term investing approach" marketing gimmick. Don't believe that for 1 second. True... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~412411924100 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:28:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_412411924100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407841836676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author WilliamJones - "You know it&#146s a very sacred thing, the nest egg" - Albert Brooks, Lost in America Ameritrade is now TD AMERITRADE, after acquiring TD Waterhouse in 2006. I've been a TD AMERITRADE client for several years, and plan on staying with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407841836676 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:42:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407841836676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409619238532?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author acpaulley - The Newbie Trap I joined ShareBuilder in order to get my feet wet with trading. It has been successful in doing that (and only that). To someone completely new to trading, like I was, I took their "$4" trades advertising to mean, well, $4 per... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409619238532 Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:03:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409619238532?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_409191943812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author flickerwic - I wish I had found Edward Jones much earlier than I did! My husband and I were with another financial company (American Express) and had a very negative experience. When we finally woke up, we were thousands and thousands lost in spite of a record... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~409191943812 Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:23:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_409191943812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408976985732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jankb - When I was on the phone with Interactive Brokers, they are never wrong, the customer is always wrong. They misconstrue the facts and are very cheap. I highly recommend Think Or Swim over IB as they are honest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408976985732 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:20:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408976985732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408726179460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author contrapunti - I have been an ETRADE customer for 7+ years and I am just about ready to jump ship to another broker. Trading commissions are pretty standard, research and online interface are fine, but customer service is very, very poor. I'm not talking about... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408726179460 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:54:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408726179460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408669621892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author viettrav - I was very disappointed by my experience at Sharebuilder. I tried the service because of a $50.00 promotion, and ended up losing over $60.00 (even with the promotion already figured in) in less than two weeks. I put my automatic investments on hold on... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408669621892 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:36:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408669621892?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_408666476164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author smartbroker - Although Interactive Brokers - IB has lightning fast execution, visibility of the market, cheap commissions, and real time dynamic margin, the cons far outweigh the benefits. Specifically a broker that is in the practice of stealing from your account,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408666476164 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:56:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408666476164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_407508586116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author meshuggehcat - We invested $100 with BuyandHold back in late 1999. At that time there were no fees associated with this. The whole concept was to buy a little at a time and let it grow (from an acorn into an oak tree!). The following spring, we moved and for... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~407508586116 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:17:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_407508586116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_226397752964?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hbucher - Very poor consumer service. Do not be lured. There's a big chance they will not give you the free trades as advertised. I opened a roth ira with them and they said it does not qualify - only days after I was fully invested. And even if you qualify,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~226397752964 Sun, 4 Nov 2007 00:07:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_226397752964?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406573780612?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bystanderedw - As a loyal customer of Xpresstrade for 10 years, I feel deeply betrayed when they recently sold out to OptionsXpress which mainly trades stocks. On the switchover, my "trading power" suddenly decreased from over $7,000 to $800 and the key tools like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406573780612 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:27:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406573780612?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_406474165892?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author opinions-r-me - The account inactivity fees went on for several years, and cost me at least $150. Now am trying to transfer meager account to another broker and TDAmeritrade is not cooperating because apparently of change in signatures or whatever. This has... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~406474165892 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:54:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_406474165892?linkin_id=8003929