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Zecco Review | Discount Broker

Zecco has been around for a while and it’s changed its free trading commission structure a few times.  However, Zecco is still one of the few discount brokers who offer anyone free stock trades.  What’s the catch?  Let’s find out in this review.
Zecco Discount Broker’s Commission Structure
The brokerage firm still offers free stock trades, but [...]

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Stocks on Fire on Surprisingly Upbeat Consumer Confidence Index

The U.S. stock market opened lower today but it surged after an research report came out indicating that consumer confidence is at the highest level since September of last year (before all the carnage).  As a result, all indexes are up close to 2% on the news.
Economists were predicting that the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence [...]

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The Stock Market Slump Continues

All major indices are down (in fact, the Dow is down triple digit all day at time of writing) after a weaker than expected jobs number that sent bulls hiding.
While new job claims showed a slower rate of decline, continuing unemployment claims increased which means that companies are still reluctant to hire.  In this economy, [...]

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Zecco Review | Discount Broker

Zecco has been around for a while and it’s changed its free trading commission structure a few times.  However, Zecco is still one of the few discount brokers who offer anyone free stock trades.  What’s the catch?  Let’s find out in this review.
Zecco Discount Broker’s Commission Structure
The brokerage firm still offers free stock trades, but [...]

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Etrade is Pressured to Raise More Capital

My love for Etrade is over.  Etrade Financial’s latest quarter was another disaster, and it marks the 7th straight quarter that the company lost money.  Chairman and CEO Donald Layton also told shareholders that the regulators (read Treasury) is pressuring them to raise more capital.  With its stock price in low single digits and probably [...]

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Charles Schwab Beats Street – Q1 2009

It’s easy to see why stock brokers like Charles Schwab are having a tough time matching results of a year ago in this economic environment but Charles Schwab’s recent earnings conference call beat the street estimates handily.  As a group, analysts have predicted 15 cents per share of profits but the company reported 19 cents [...]

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SEC Considers Proposal for Uptick Rule

The SEC is finally listening. Today, the five member commission will debate on possible proposals of reinstating a modified version of the uptick rule to prevent manipulation of the stock market and drive stock prices down.
Investors have been crying foul for months since the uptick rule was taken off. The rule, which was [...]

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Zecco Offers Currency Trading with Zecco Forex

Zecco Trading has partnered with GAIN Capital to provide investors with the ability to trade currency via Zecco Forex. The forex market is open 5 days a week and 24 hours each day so for those that don’t sleep, this is good news.
With this announcement, Zecco Trading now offers a product that its competitors [...]

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Get Up to $150 Promo to Join TradeKing

For those that don’t know, TradeKing is offering up to $150 in transfer fees if you switch to them.  For those that are waiting to pull the trigger because you don’t want to pay termination fees at your existing stock broker, now is the time to switch.
TradeKing offers $4.95 per trade and $0.65 per options [...]

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Welcome to Stock Trading Brokers

Effective immediately, Stock Trading Brokers will start providing stock broker news as well as report stock market updates.  The aim of this site is to give readers an inside look at the different brokerages and see which one is right for you.
Comments about how to improve this site are always welcome.  I look forward to [...]

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