Who do you use for stock brokering?
 

I currently use Piper Jaffray, but I'm not satisfied with their service anymore.. who do you guys use?

Roddy Piper?

WTF?

Maybe its just a washington broker company..?

Morgan Stanley

PK, what are there fees like? Piper Jaffray is killing me with fees..

Fees?
Killing?

Huh?

If you move shit around alot use E Trade or Datek.

How do I transfer my current stocks for etrade or datek?

I've never really compared through the years.. I have a few things here and there.. but the stocks are all with Morgan Stanley originally wasDean Witter before a merge.

Looking at my last few purchases..... a $5K purchase was $112, a $10K purchase was $150, $15K was $220.

Thanks PK, I'll do a search for them.

Merrill Lynch. I have everything consolidated there, personal and business. They have great integration with Paychex for payroll and their reporting is top notch. For the conveniences they offer, I spend somewhere around $1500-$1800/yr. for unlimited portfolio managmenet. I'm sure it isn't completely unlimited from a trading aspect, but I really haven't read the fine print.

It's actually Ameritrade, they merged with Datek not too long ago. Still a way to go if you are looking for cheap way to trade securities.

If you're just messing around, do not have a lot of money to open with or plan on doing frequent trading instead of buy and hold, go with Etrade, Datek or similar. Even if you use a full service broker, it is often handy to have an account with one of these guys just for putzing around because the transaction fees are cheap.

For full service, I like Schwab. They're on the cheaper side of the full service brokers and their online services are excellent. If you have at least $10K to open, there's no maintenance fees. If you have at least $100K, you qualify for their "Signature" service and you get all of their perks for free.

I just say 'No'...

MyTrack is good.. They don't fuck ya with the $.01/share over so many shares bought/sold... $12.95 per trade with market and otc.. 50k max with online trades.. lots of other services as well..
and the trades are fast...

$500 to open acct.

on a related subject: those investing for 'retirement income' generation (ie safe, solid returns) - who are you using?

DLJ & the ole Morgan Stanly Dean Witter.

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