futures...  -2xx pts. bonds yield <1.8%.

hmm...

1950 

buy on dip, dive on plunge!

bull attack a bit....come on bear bear, you can hold it. wait you at 1950 can or not? 

Options ... I have no idea, I don't hold any options. But I'd assume they'd be treated the same

Options are just contract, should it be treated the same way. It will be long expired by the time they get to settle the estate.

There are some early bulls here.. they're buying this gap down indeed. 

i was tempted to jump in... jumped into bed instead.

pleasant surprise to see a good rebound in oil prices, energy/oil counters got a break at finish.
these counters have been bashed up day after day, so it was refreshing!!

Are u still holding that XLE?? 

It looked down at the abyss today (below 72) ... and backs off. 

actually, they all the same for nromal accounts.

I used mbb before, 0.42% cds, std.

I moved to cimb when I consolidated most of my banking with them, more convenient, certain things cheaper n better like property loans and credit card benefits.

for stocks, the difference is really in big trades and special assistance when u need it.
oh, I was just informed for usa dividends, it is a flat charge of usd8. probably same with hlb.

Are you able to trade stock options using local broker? If not, I still think you better off using online discount broker. Never know when you need to use options to protect your stocks against downtrend or even selling put to buy stocks that you want at a discount.

Swiss franc soars, stocks tank as euro peg scrapped
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) stunned markets on Thursday, when it scrapped its three-year-old peg of 1.20 Swiss francs per euro.
In a chaotic few minutes after the central bank's announcement, the Swiss franc soared by around 30 percent in value against the euro.
The franc broke past parity against the euro to trade at 0.8052 per euro, before trimming those gains to trade 14 percent higher at 1.026.
The currency also gained 25 percent against the U.S. dollar, before falling back to trade around 14 percent higher at 0.877 francs per dollar.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102340182