Brokerage Services

The following companies provide discount and retail brokerage services to individual investors seeking to buy or sell stocks, options, mutual funds and ETFs:

Banc of America Investment Services

About Banc of America Investment Services:

Now offers no-commission online equity trades for customers maintaining $25,000 minimum Bank of America account balances (not yet available in all regions). Build and manage a diversified portfolio that could include mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and other investment products. Includes access to industry leading tools, news, and research to help manage your portfolio.

CyberTrader

About CyberTrader:

Active traders choose CyberTrader because they get: the ability to trade equities and derivatives in one platform, competitive commissions, Ken Tower research, a large selection of online education, and more. And they get it all with equity pricing as low as $.006 per share up to 2,000 shares.

E*TRADE Securities

About E*TRADE:

Whether you are an active trader, serious investor, or just getting started, E*TRADE Securities offers you a wide array of products and services with the power, price, and service you need to make the most of your investments. Choose from investments including stocks, options, mutual funds, bonds, and IPOs (Initial Public Offerings).

Interactive Brokers

About Interactive Brokers:

Offers advanced trading tools including: integrated technical, fundamental and price/risk analysis tools, real-time margin and activity reporting, over forty order types, and a paper trading facility to test trading strategies. In 2006 Barron's awarded Interactive Brokers its top star ranking overall and for lowest cost broker.

Scottrade

About Scottrade:

Scottrade offers easy-to-use trading platforms and low transaction fees for Listed and Nasdaq Stocks, Bulletin Board Stocks, Pink Sheet, and Canadian Stocks. Investors may also request an options account, or choose from thousands of funds, both load and no-load, including more than 1,000 No-Load, No-Transaction Fee (NTF) mutual funds.

SogoInvest

About SogoInvest:

SogoInvest.com is an online brokerage that allows investors of any kind, beginner or expert, to buy and sell stocks in real-time for $3 or less. We offer sophisticated stock trading tools like our new search engine scanning software, free to customers with funded accounts, as well as some of the lowest commissions in the industry.

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