E*TRADE

Pros: Good Number of Services
Cons: Not for Stock Market Rookies

The world wide web is full of on-line brokerage companies, offering stock trading and other financial services at the click of a button, often at a deep discount from traditional brokerage companies. One of the most popular on-line brokerage services is...

Pros: IPOs, research sources, online mortgage calculator, Power E*Trade.
Cons: slow web page loading and trade executions, quirky web page and complicated web page setup.

I realise that this review may be inappropriately placed as it is about E*Trade Canada and not E*Trade US, but there are a few reasons why I've decided to post this. First of all, there are many Canadian readers who may benefit from my review on E*Trade...

I am currently in the process of purchasing my first home. After three years of apartment life I have grown tired of throwing my money away. If I have to pay for living space, I want to build equity and keep what I pay.

As an avid computer...

Pros: Friendly
Cons: Risky

My son-in law, Barry, is the financial wizard of the Grouch clan. He was a visitn' the other day and asked, "Daddy BadBob, where do you keep all that money you get from the Social Security?"

"First Bank of Sealy...

Pros: Fast trades
Cons: Communications with customers not great

E*Trade gets the job done as an on-line broker, though it does have its share of problems. In sum, it works, it’s popular, and it has a lot of information. I wouldn't highly recommend it to anyone, but I also wouldn't not recommend it. Hows that for a...

Pros: very good website
Cons: expensive and sometimes inefficient

UPDATE: For now on, effective immediately, there will be a maintenance fee of $15.00 charged if you do not keep a minimum of $5,000, and, in the 6 months prior to the 27th of December, March, June, and September, you have not executed more than 1 trade...

Pros: Serious info for the serious investor
Cons: Not much difference between other brokerages for the average investor

Etrade in my opinion clearly distinguishes itself from other online brokers such as Ameritrade, Scottrade or Suretrade because of its commitments to serious investors and its wide sources of information for the average investor. My particular interests...

Pros: Tons of added benefits/features
Cons: Per trade price not the cheapest.

As a shareholder of E*Trade stock, I have a fiduciary responsibility to recommend the company and it's products. That aside, I would still recommend E*Trade to anyone looking to get an online trading account.

E*Trade offers $14.95 trades for...

Pros: $300 rebate with Microcenter, Free realtime quotes
Cons: Slow, spotty customer service, high charges

Why I will likely still open an E*trade account, or at least remain a member.

Despite all the obvious negatives, I am still tempted to open an account. E*trade is becmming well known for their poor, hard to reach customer service,...

I should start out by stating that I have only used their investing side of things, and within that, only US equity markets (stock markets). ETrade offers more than just that, they have banking (which a friend has told me is quite good), and they have a ...

Pros: Free access to your cash on E*TRADE Banking ATM machines ubiquitously located all over America.
Cons: Fees that other brokers do not charge, (and sometimes in triplicate). High margin loan rates.

E*TRADE is a deep discount brokerage, not a full service brokerage. As such, an account holder cannot expect much "hand holding" from E*TRADE personnel. Presumably the reason that you would want a deep discount brokerage is because you are an ...

Pros: Well designed site, easy to use, relatively cheap
Cons: Higher than average trading cost, web site may be slow

New to online investing, I decided to pick a trading house that was large and well-known . Safety - honestly that was my first concern. I'm all for wiring the better part of my life savings into the Great Big Ether in hopes of high returns, but at the...

Pros: Innovative. Great customer service. Great speed and functionality. No hidden fees. Great reporting.
Cons: News ticker new; needs refinement.

summary I used Datek back in the day (before it became ameritrad) and have been on etrade for a few years. I trade a good bit, sometimes nothing for a while and other times non-stop. I'm a power-e*trade customer, meaning I get to use the power ...

Pros: Nice research area, moderately configurable to individual needs, limited access to ipo's despite all the hype to the contrary.
Cons: Slow, site sometimes malfuntions, erroneous tracking of some holdings!

I trade on both Fidelity and Etrade currently, and Fidelity's PowerTrader has Etrade beat hands down. I still use both brokers, but favor Fidelity and Datek over Etrade at the moment.

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Pros: none
Cons: poor service, pick-pockets

There are a couple of not-very-flattering facts that you should know about E-Trade. First of all, E-Trade values you at $400. That's right, a third party web-site or other business that refers a customer to E-Trade gets paid $400 per head that actually...