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ETrade Review

October 20, 2011
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The following post is another piece in our Online Stock Broker Reviews series designed to help you find the broker that meets all of your investing needs After 20 years of being one of the leading online stock brokers, ETrade is one of the most recognizable investment brokers in the country. Whether it’s their name [...]

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Apple Misses Earnings Estimate

October 18, 2011

For the first time since 2004 Apple missed their earnings estimate bringing in $7.05 per share against expectations of $7.39 per share… a huge miss for such an enormous company notorious for blowing away estimates in the past. The earnings miss comes just weeks after founder and CEO Steve Jobs death, and also shortly after [...]

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ETrade vs ShareBuilder

August 15, 2011

ShareBuilder offers automatic investment plans that are inexpensive to purchase. For investors who do not believe in timing the market, or who simply don’t have time to follow it and prefer to dollar-cost-average their investments with monthly, biweekly, weekly or daily set amounts, ShareBuilder’s investment strategy is the ideal way to go. The downside of [...]

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TradeKing vs. Zecco

August 5, 2011

Zecco and TradeKing both have attractive features that can be appreciated on a variety of different levels. As far as pricing goes, Zecco originally offered $0 stock trade commissions, but has recently shifted from their free offer to a pay commission model which invalidates the very essence of their name “Zero Cost Commissions.” Still if [...]

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How To Day Trade Stocks

August 3, 2011
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One popular, albeit risky, method of working with the stock market is known as day trading, which simply indicates that the investor is buying and selling stocks on the same day. If an investor maneuvers stocks in this way four or more times within a five day period, then the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) [...]

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TradeKing $100 Signup Bonus – September 2011 Only!

August 1, 2011

Unfortunately the TradeKing $100 Signup Bonus has expired. Please see our TradeKing promotional code page for more TradeKing promotions. Those of you who follow Before You Invest may know already, either from our promotional code page or via Twitter, but if you have been considering signing up for TradeKing there has never been a better [...]

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TradeKing vs OptionsHouse

August 1, 2011

The following is part of our online stock broker reviews series, helping you find a better broker for your investments. Two of the heavy hitters when it comes to low cost online trades are OptionsHouse and TradeKing. As I write this OptionsHouse’s trade commissions are only $3.95 against TradeKing’s $4.95 per trade, so if you [...]

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What is Dollar Cost Averaging?

July 27, 2011
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The simplest explanation of dollar cost averaging is the technique of buying the same amount of an investment on a scheduled basis, no matter what the price of the share may be. If prices are low, more shares can be bought and if prices are high, less shares are bought. For example, let’s say you [...]

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How To Choose An Online Broker

July 26, 2011
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Even in a bad economy, investing is still an important aspect of personal finance. With the convenience of online brokers it has never been easier to open an account. For new investors however, the number of online options can be very confusing. So what is the best way to choose an online broker to invest [...]

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Scottrade vs. E*Trade

July 25, 2011

The following is part of our online stock broker reviews series, helping you find a better broker for your investments. E*Trade and Scottrade are two leaders among online brokers, each offering practical ways to buy and sell stocks. If you are new to online investing but would like to dabble in or even master the [...]

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