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A Comparison of Online Discount Stock Brokerages

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Brokerage Name
Market Trade Limit Trade Inactivity Fee Minimum to Open

Ameritrade $10.99 $10.99 $15/quarter¹ $500

Scottrade $7.00 $12.00 - $500

E*Trade $9.99 $9.99 $25/quarter $1,000

Schwab $14.95 $14.95 $45/quarter $10,000

TD Waterhouse $17.95² $17.95² - $1,000

Brown $5.00 $10.00 - $15,000

Harris Direct $20.00 $20.00 $15/quarter $5,000

A.B. Watley $9.95 ? - $35,000

Invest Trade $7.95 $11.95 - $2,000

Bidwell (acquired by Ameritrade 1/5/2004) $12.00 $15.00 $50/year³ -

R.J. Thompson $9.95 $9.95 - $2,000

Wachovia $29.95⁴ - $50/year⁵ No minimum

ShareBuilder
$15.95
$19.95

$4 per investment⁶

¹ If account balance is less than $2000. Accounts with at least 4 trades in 6 months excluded from inactivity fee.
² For 0-17 settled trades. Active traders with a minimum of $500,000 in assets or 30 executed trades over a rolling 90-day period qualify for $9.95 market and limit orders.
³ Account is active if equity is more than $10,000, at least one trade per year or $50 margin interest.
⁴ For 5 or fewer trades per quarter. Commissions reduced to $11.95 for 48 or more trades per quarter.
⁵ Fee waived if more than $50 in accrued commissions or margin interest.
6 Buy stocks automatically on a weekly or monthly basis with the ShareBuilder plan.

Latest Stock Market News

Stock index futures trading likely from January (China Daily)
Contrary to speculation, the mainland's much-awaited first stock index futures trading on China Financial Futures Exchange in Shanghai is likely to be launched in January rather than sometime this year after the Beijing Olympics, according to a highly placed source in China International Capital Co (CICC), a major domestic investment bank.

Kuwait Stock Exchange in talks on new trading platform (Finextra)
The Kuwait Stock Exchange is in advanced talks with three market operators - Deutsche Börse, Nyse Euronext and Nasdaq OMX - about the provision of an ...

Chile, Brazil Discuss Rules to Foster Cross-Border Trading (Bloomberg.com)
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Chile and Brazil started talks to coordinate stock market regulation and tighten insider trading rules, in a step toward allowing cross-border trading.

Glitch Hits Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Trading of futures and derivatives on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was suspended on Tuesday morning following a systems glitch.

Trading of Zarlink Semiconductor Common Shares Will Be Suspended from the New York Stock Exchange (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.(NYSE: ZL) today announced that it has been advised by the New York Stock Exchange Regulation, Inc. that trading of the common shares of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc., ticker symbol ZL, on the New York Stock Exchange will be suspended prior to the opening on Tuesday, July 29, 2008.

Global IP Solutions' CEO Rings Opening Bell and Begins Trading on Oslo Bors Stock Exchange (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Global IP Solutions Holding AB, the leading provider of multimedia processing solutions, is proud to announce that today its chief executive officer, Emerick Woods rang the opening bell at 9am CET as it began trading in the company's shares on the Oslo Bors stock exchange in Norway, under the ticker GIPS.

U.S. stock indexes open mixed (UPI)
NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- Major U.S. stock indexes fluctuated between gains and losses in trading Wednesday amid mixed earnings reports and a dip in oil prices.

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