Fidelity top of the rank for online brokers
Maybe its time to switch …
Kiplinger finance magazine ranks Fidelity the number one online broker:
Kiplinger magazine Link
Stocks Rebound
Its been a hell of a ride for shorts. The market looks like its recovering with the Fed lowering discount interest rate. The housing market is going up or down depending who you talk. I like the tech stocks right now, Intel (INTC) and Microsoft (MSFT). Intel is regaining its dominance with price cuts and new quad core chips. There was also the unexpected IPO of VMware (VMW). I did not expect such a high premium for a software virtualization company, expect competition soon. Microsoft is going strong with their flagship Operating System, Vista, and XBox 360. The much anticipated game release of Halo 3 should boost publicity too.
Open Courseware
Now you can go back to school without spending money. Colleges are posting course material online free for self-directed study.
UC Irvine, OpenCourseware has a financial planning class.
MIT OpenCourseWare
A great opportunity to educate yourself.
Thinkorswim
ThinkorSwim
ThinkorSwim, a relatively new brokerage firm thats getting good reviews. Not for the amateur investor.
What do you think?
China
China stocks has been pretty hot this past year, but right now its safer to invest in China mutual funds for more diversity. China might be due to a backslide, yet European stocks are underrated.
Regional International
For the safer international stock funds look at,
As always past performance is no guarantee of future returns.
TradeKing Review?
I been hearing a lot of good reviews on TradeKing a new brokerage website that offer $4.95 commission rate per trade. I currently have TD Ameritrade which has a rate of $9.95. Saving on fees definitely help when you trade a lot, from what I read Tradeking offers slightly less tools and the site is slightly sluggish, but they are improving rapidly.
A review of Trade King
What are your thoughts?
