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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Financial News & Information Services

The following news and information services provide updates on stocks, bonds, ETFs and mutual funds, commodities, options, futures and other financial markets:

Bloomberg.com


About Bloomberg:

Bloomberg's media services provide real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.

Investors.com: Investors Business Daily

About Investors.com:

Subscription services include market updates and commentary, stock analysis and rankings, lists of stocks posting dramatic gains and substantial institutional ownership, ETF research and analysis, and tutorials on Investors.com's proprietary CAN-SLIM investment philosophy.

MarketWatch

About MarketWatch:

Owned by Dow Jones & Company, MarketWatch is a leading provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools. MarketWatch also offers subscription products for individual investors, including the Hulbert Financial Digest suite of products, Retirement Weekly and ETF Trader.

Reuters Investing News

About Reuters:

Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information.

WSJ.com: The Wall Street Journal Online Edition


About The Wall Street Journal Online:

Subscription services include complete coverage of global financial markets, extensive research and charting capabilities, current and historical stock quotes, 90-day archived news, personalization features, and a variety of e-mail and alert services.

Yahoo! Finance


About Yahoo! Finance:

Provides new on recent market activity, stock screening and analysis tools, current and historical price data, investor education articles and tutorials, personal finance advice and commentary, and updates on stocks, industry sectors, mutual funds, ETFs, bonds, options, and international markets.

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