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  • The Next Leg up in Financials [View article]
    I see the financials as a whole starting to stimulate upswing towards end of this year. This is the truth. It will happen. Nationalization????

    Ain't gonna happen cause Obama said so
    Apr 16 01:12 am |Rating: +4 -3 |Link to Comment
  • E*Trade: A Bet Worth Making [View article]
    I broker with Scottrade and their trade fees are not $7 always. They charge more for certain stocks and they also charge a percentage of how much you buy.


    On Mar 13 04:00 PM Socialism cannot compete! wrote:

    > ETrade is losing its most valueable asset -- customer good will.
    > They have decided to be uncompetitive and not support their customers:
    >
    >
    > 1) With their fees ($6.99 to $12.99, depending on asset base and
    > number of trades per quarter), relative to other online brokerages
    > such as Scottrade ($7 -- ALWAYS).
    >
    > 2) Income tax support: During completion of my taxes the past 3 years,
    > I have had trouble EACH YEAR with the automatic transfer between
    > ETrade and TurboTax -- ETrade does NOT transfer all data needed,
    > specifically missing cost-basis data, which has to be entered manually.
    > Of course, one finds out...one can BUY the GainsKeeper product to
    > do this part. Guess what? ScotTrade INCLUDES GainsKeeper!!
    >
    > Each year, I have emailed BOTH TurboTax and ETrade to complain about
    > the incomplete data transfer, citing that BOTH products/services
    > are ALREADY BEING PAID FOR. The "good people" at ETrade have each
    > time responded with a "c'est la vie" attitude..."you can purchase
    > GainsKeeper".
    >
    > ETrade is LOSING customer goodwill, and seemingly don't care. I am
    > still a customer, but considering ScotTrade. I am NOT surprised that
    > ETFC is down that much, nor will I be surprised if the cease to be
    > a going concern: I learned from my Economics teacher in high school
    > that "The Customer Is King!" You don't thumb your nose at the king
    > and get away with it.
    Mar 18 22:42 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • E*Trade: More Good News [View article]
    OKMonkey wrote: ETFC still is itself a subprime mortgagor...

    First of all learn to spell and do a little research. Actually you don't even have to do research to know ETRADE isn't doing Sub-prime mortgages any more.

    So you lost on your shorts I take it....??????
    Mar 18 18:43 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
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