Where/Who/How do you buy your stocks?

[Squeezing Pennies]

How do you "aquire" yours.


We so far have just used Ameritrade and are feeling comfy enough to broaden our horizons now!

[sounderella]

I use Sharebuilder....I like it because I'm a beginner. The trading is cheap and they have a lot of tutorials

[disneysteve]

We so far have just used Ameritrade and are feeling comfy enough to broaden our horizons now!

Just curious. Is there anything particular about Ameritrade you aren't satisfied with? I'm just wondering why you are looking for another company to use instead.

[Reldon]

I use Tradeking to do my stock trading. Previously, I used TD Ameritrade. Never had any problems with them except their per trade commission is higher.

[nanamom]

I also use Sharebuilder and doubt I will change that. I don't have time to do alot of research although when my kids get older I might have them do it!!

[10can]

I use Firstrade.

$6.95 for stock trades
$9.95 for no-load funds
Good customer service

Firstrade

[Like2Plan]

We used DRIPs to acquire our stocks using dollar cost averaging. It is more paper work to keep track of, but the transaction fees are generally very low.

[feh]

Our 401Ks are through Fidelity. All other investing is through Ameritrade; mutual funds and ETFs only - no stocks.

We don't buy/sell very often, so finding the absolute lowest fees is not a big driver for us.

[Ima saver]

I used drips also.

[sidney7]

How do you "aquire" yours.


We so far have just used Ameritrade and are feeling comfy enough to broaden our horizons now!

Ameritrade is actually a great broker, there's no need to really "broaden your horizons" as Ameritrade can do about anything you need when it comes to this.

[JBinKC]

Ameritrade is certainly limited but it has direct access to the Canadian markets and pink sheeted ones elsewhere (the spreads on foreign pinks are much higher than if you have direct access to the market where it principally trades).

Where Ameritrade shines is if you typically buy large blocks of low priced stocks in Canada. They can't be beat.

If you are looking into direct access to the foreign markets E trade Interactive Brokers and Noble trading offer services with Noble being the most diverse.


If you strictly deal with the major exchanges US listed stocks I would use Zecco.