My Business and Financial Freedom Journey
It’s no secret that the stock market has been exceptionally volatile lately. You might be tempted to unload right now, and get out, afraid of what will happen next. Or you might hold on to a stock, sure that it will turn around when the market does, stubbornly clinging to the “hold” part of buy [...]
E*Trade recently announced the launch of their new E*Trade Pro Elite program for active traders. See our previous review of E*Trade, for more information about their service. E*TRADE Pro offers advanced traders real-time access to the markets along with idea generation tools, customization capabilities, and charts and screeners.
On last weeks’s Consuelo Mack WealthTrack they had on guest Charles Maxwell. Charles Maxwell is senior energy analyst at Weeden & Company. On WealthTrack he discussed the peak in oil production, and possible investment strategies. He has some strong points for peak oil, and why you should invest in that sector.
Zecco recently changed their pricing from their commission free service. Zecco are now offering more personal service for higher-end investors with some net worth to invest. With Zecco Elite they are now focusing more on services and features, than purely pricing.
This is something I consider important, at least when I define my financial goals. This post isn’t about how to get rich quick, but how to get rich slowly via savings and investing. In my opinion, over 20 – 30 years everyone should be able to at least achieve some level of financial independence, but most [...]
Barron’s has a story this week about TD Ameritrade changing Thinkorswim’s clearing house. They changed from Penson to TD Ameritrade’s own in-house system instead. This makes sense since they have more control over trades, and efficiencies with more trading volume. During this switch over there have been a few customer complaints, and possibly some trading [...]
I love when I read investment articles that state bank CDs, or government treasuries are risk free. Yes you’ll get a return OF your money, but will you get a return ON your money in real dollars? Especially in today’s low interest rate environment. Isn’t is somewhat ironic when you hear of “risk free” investments [...]
TradeKing is becoming Zecco for a day. On Friday August 12th, TradeKing will be a commission free trading day. TradeKing is doing this because of the technical problems they had on Tuesday August 9th. For the details, you can read the CEO’s blog post.
The stock market blew up today big time. The Dow Jones was down today 634.76 points. It was the sixth biggest loss ever. Last Thursday we had another epic 500+ point loss. In stock market losses like today, I’m always reminded of the useless government propaganda films during the cold war. Specifically the “Duck and [...]
I’m seeing more chatter around the web about the selling of E*Trade. The Wall Street Journal mentions today: TD Ameritrade (see our TD Ameritrade review) is looking into acquiring E*Trade (see review of E*Trade). Last week, the hedge fund firm Citadel suggested E*Trade should put itself of the selling block. Citadel is the largest shareholder [...]
