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Random News: ShareBuilder Lowers Real-Time Trading Commission and Firstrade Account Transfer

Good changes are coming to ShareBuilder after ING Direct bought the online discount brokerage firm a month ago.
An email from ShareBuilder over the weekend infomred me that starting December 17th, the cost of trading securities at real time at ShareBuilder will be at a flat fee of $9.95 for both market and limit orders. ShareBuilder […]

Using XTF’s Rating Tool to Research ETFs

A while ago, I had a post on using XTF’s ETF Finder to find ETFs that belong to the same sector. I like that tool because it allows me to see all the competitors of a particular fund and gives me all the information I need on one page.
Recently (less than two months actually), […]

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E-Trade Customer Appreciation Day and ……

So now E-Trade Financial seems out of the immediate danger of going out of business, they want to show their appreciation to those customers who chose to stay with them after the firm revealed big losses from subprime mortgage loans and saw their stock sink more than 50% in one day. An email from E-Trade […]

Finding the Funds That Beat the S&P 500

In the third part of the 2007 Consumer Reports Ultimate Money Guide, a method was provided by the magazine on how to beat the broad market index, which is repeated in the following:

No-load: Look at no-load funds only.
Low-fee: Identify those with lowest expense ratios.
High-asset: Keep those with the most assets under management.
Long-tenure: Get rid of […]

Prices of Gold Coins: How are They Determined?

Did you ever wonder why the prices of bullion coins containing the same amount of gold are different and how they are determined?
Yesterday, I read an article on GoodSeek.com (I also subscribe to their free daily Gold Seeker Report, which provides a nice summary of the precious market) that explains the prices discrepancy among gold […]

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