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International Finance Corporation
January 31st, 2007
Question: Which online trading/brokerage company is the best?
SogoTrade, Scottrade, E-Trade, Rogers Yahoo Finance, etc... Sogo and Scottrade do a comparison but their charts appear to be out of date. In particular, I'm interested in getting stocks in :
- Magna International Inc. MG.A
- Zenn Motor Company Inc. ZNN
- Dorel Industries, Inc.
- Google Inc.
- American Superconductor. AMSC
- ESSILOR INTL SA UNSP/ADR ESLOY
- Vale (ADR) RIO
- Metro, Inc. MRU.A
- Corel Corporation CRE
Can anyone with experience describe or explain how they would invest in these companies for a long term investesment. Anyways, most importantly which online trading service is the best for the value, the most affordable or the best in your opinion.
Answer: Barron's and Smart Money both do periodic reviews of all the brokerages:
http://online.barrons.com/public/article/SB117288684364425609-_TkK_XmuteKNFWPDdkZQepxN5y8_20070404.html?mod=9_0002_b_free_features
http://www.smartmoney.com/investing/economy/online-stock-investing-manage-and-trade-stocks-21519/
Which one is the best depends on what kind of investor you are (long-term, daytrader, etc.) and whether you intend on dealing with options, and what kinds of stock tools (charting, reports, etc.) you might want, and other characteristics like that.
As for your stock selection, some look like good deals to me and some don't. Without knowing your criteria -- how you picked them and why -- it's hard to be more explicit.
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Auto Finance Household
January 30th, 2007
Question: Dinner with MIL...would rather pluck out my eyelashes one by one?
A couple of months ago, my fiance's mom helped him to get a car on the road, after he screwed up his credit years ago. She was angry with me because I refused to cosign a loan for him ( I am putting myself through school and I have financed everything else we needed in my name...I wasn't about to take out a second auto loan) She made some comments about how I am "profiting" from him, and basically made me out to be a golddigger, even though I pay 50% of our household bills, as well as my own car payment and insurance, cell bill, and credit cards without his help. She even demanded to see our budget. I was furious and haven't seen or spoken to her since.
Now, his grandparents are here from Canada and are staying with his mother. He wants to go over for dinner and a visit tonight, but I am really not ready to see his mom. I know that if she brings money up I WILL explode.
Should I try to weasel out of dinner?
Answer: No, I think you should swallow your pride and go to dinner. If the devil's spawn should try to make another issue, you should calmly explain that you are not profiting from anyone because you pay your share of the bills and are putting yourself through school. If your fiance didn't have a problem with you not co-signing a loan for him, she should just shut her pie hole and mind her own business.
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