Accumulating wealth is like building The Great Wall, one brick at a time
Category: BrokerageBy Sun on May 1, 2008 in Brokerage, Investing | 0 Comments
Since I began to actively use my Zecco account to trade stocks in March, I got myself a task that I don’t want: find a place to store the mail Zecco sent me every time I made a trade. It’s not really a piece of junk mail that I can just throw away, but close […]
By Sun on Mar 26, 2008 in Brokerage, Investing | 5 Comments
Last week, I wrote about my experience with Scottrade when I was trying to place an order of Visa (V) when the markets opened. The day after that post was published, I got an email from Chris, Chief Marketing Officer of Scottrade, who expressed concern why I had to wait so long before being connected […]
By Sun on Jan 18, 2008 in Brokerage, Investing | 4 Comments
I knew Zecco offers free dividend reinvestment, the only problem is I don’t know how to set it up.
When I logged into my account yesterday, I noticed that there’s a $20 dividend from my investment in Blackstone Group (BX) (not that I appreciate the money given how much the stock has dropped since it’s IPO). […]
By Sun on Jan 17, 2008 in Brokerage, Investing | 5 Comments
After learning that Zecco relaunched its referral program last December, I set up a referral program of my own shortly after. With my program, I promised to share $20 of the $50 bonus Zecco rewards me for each new account I refer to them. In the first 2 weeks after I put up my program, […]
By Sun on Dec 27, 2007 in Brokerage, Investing | 3 Comments
I took advantage of the $100 bonus offer from OptionsXpress last week and opened an account for myself. The process is quite simple, taking only several minutes to complete. What appeared to be a little bit concern was that when I set up the ACH transfer, it asked me the method to verify my identity, […]
By Sun on Dec 27, 2007 in Brokerage, Investing | 2 Comments
I have been a loyal customer for Scottrade for more than 5 years. Though I have opened a number of brokerage accounts during that time period, Scottrade remains my primary broker holding most of our investable assets. There are reasons for me to stick with Scottrade.
Last week, Scottrade informed me that they are launching a […]
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