http://www.consumersearch.com/www/internet...comparison.html

this good comparison
interactivebrokers=lot charges with inactivity, monthly fee, no doubt low commission and gateway to europe, asia market.

ameritrade; very high margin interest rate average 8.9-9%

http://www.tdameritrade.com/commissions.html#eq_internet
https://oxint.optionsxpress.com/welcome/bro...aspx?sessionid=
http://www.tradingdirect.com/compare/stock_trades.shtml


just one question how will you withdrawal fund from such account which one is easiest.
need to sign some document?

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Added on October 6, 2008, 12:36 ami have 3 account trading in us market, i thing going to sell all my stock and transfer to ameritrade, or INGsharebuilder lowest 9.99 pertrade which offer to non-us citizen, i am not active trader, since they not offer much inactivity fee, wonder anyone agree with me
to zaman, etrade charge 12.99 well i think that is expensive,
i am not a active trader.

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Added on October 6, 2008, 12:49 ami own some stock in us via uobkayhian,citibank they sort of charging inactvity fee 2 us dollar percounter, that gona hurt if more than 50 counter, anyway 1200 usd peryear.
well no doubt uob,citibank cant go bankcrupt, some sense of security.
what about this guy etrade, ameritrade, i am not sure.
zaman anything for a records

This post has been edited by normanTE: Oct 6 2008, 12:49 AM

HI GUY this two is over charge as compare to many more, but yet they are best in singapore, is there ameritrade scottrade in singapore?

i contacted scottrade & tradeking they said no able to provide service to malaysian or singaporean, though they provide lowest around 4.50 and 7 dollar a trade.

i contacted itrade as well they said can provide same price as ameritrade at 9.99 per trade and abolish their quarterly 40usd maintenance fee, if i can keep a minimum of 50,000 usd in their account.
still dont quite itrade,

ameritrade respond very efficiently, email will reply in second, i kind of like their service but the problem is if i want to withdrawal money from such account, it be easier can go to their office in singapore right?

so what other us brokerage firm that have office in singapore, malaysia indonesia thailand, hk, atleast if anything going wrong can be there easily right?

i am really confuse now, which one to choose,
i definately prefer those us brokerage firm that have office in singapore at least i can transfer all the stock i have bought earlier in singapore brokerage firm to those us brokerage firm in singapore.

by the way uobkyhian pertrade is usd 40

any comment, need some suggestion.

boonhan_choo@hotmail.com

most local interbroke ; double charge, not very attractive, i want to save cost, by eliminate commission fee,
www.zecco.com no commission fee, for those who interested cancheck it up.
scotrade; pertrade usd 7 with no maintenance fee or inactivity fee,
ameritrade pertrade usd9.99 an no minimal , inactivity or maintenence fee.
tradeking pertrade usd 4.5 and not sure got inactivity fee
optionexpress 14.95 per trade
interactive brokers; not sure per trade how much ?
but their is monthly usd 10 for inactivity fee, lot of charges
etrade;12.99 usd pertrade and quarterly usd 40 maintenance fee, not wise to own this account if less then 50,000 is account
fidelity 19.99 usd pertrade on of the top of the charges

well i think open with ETRADE.CM.sg just put usd 50,000 can get 9.95usd pertrade that fare, they have service center in singapore in uob plaza 1 , raffles place.

unless osk going to cut down their commission so as competetive as
scottrade, zecco, ameitrade, i wont mind open account with osk to trade us stock.

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Added on October 8, 2008, 1:16 pmsingapore bank such as uob,ocbc,dbsvicker average ; 40-50 usd pertrade
cimb malaysia; double charge here malaysia flat rm150pertrade plus us brokerage additional charges
osk,tarr security thru singapore securities same as uobkayhian,dbs vicker high charges
citibank sigapore; rate is 0.01% with custody fee usd 2 per counter

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Added on October 8, 2008, 1:22 pmif i not mistaken osk didnt charge minimal fee, inactivity fee, or custodian fee for us stock market,
what about pertransection
as if i bought 1000 share pg, at 70usd pershare , how much in total i will be bill?
and dividend i want in usd,? possible no right
and any dividend reinvestment plan via osk? NO right

thanks

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Added on October 8, 2008, 1:27 pmany margin account can put usd? if can what is the interest be like? can it be the same as in us bank interest

just sorry la osk, unless for ure side can cut down your fat commission and improve system is not ideal for us trading

This post has been edited by normanTE: Oct 8 2008, 01:27 PM

it definately avoid high commission, for whatever reason, ofcourse optioexpress over charge,
i heard etrade provide credit card, bank check facility, very convenience, thinking of open that account, somemore near here, can going down from jb anytime. the only problem is not enough bullet or $ that all, orelse everything be perfect.

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Added on October 9, 2008, 12:58 pmrusa;

local bank only for trading local stock, not aboard,
singapore just go down singapore plenty securities to choose at competetive commision rate.
malaysia over charge.
same with hk.

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Added on October 9, 2008, 1:17 pmus been drop for last 7 day, look like they lost direction already
down open last night at -200 point and went up +150 and then went down again -180 point in 1/2 hour and next half +200
. can doing some short selling also damn profiting with 0 commission
with zecco

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Added on October 10, 2008, 12:30 pmwow zecco.com number one site for international trader,
i had read a lot of blog regard rude customer service and system down mosttime,

that no problem to me i trade when can i hardly do short selling, i dont need fancy webpage as etrade,IB,OPTIONEXP, i just need my order excecuted that all,
and as long money not missing that fine.

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Added on October 10, 2008, 12:31 pmif not today tomorrow also fine, i am not aggresive investor or speculator


This post has been edited by normanTE: Oct 10 2008, 12:31 PM

well depend i bought 2000 share citibank at 13 usd now i earn 6thousand in least then 3 day.

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Added on October 15, 2008, 8:16 pminteractivebroker unless ure active trader otherwise lot of maintenace fee wo. inacivity fee monthly cost 10 usd.

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Added on October 15, 2008, 8:18 pmtry zecco.com 0% commission, if u are not active trader.

This post has been edited by normanTE: Oct 15 2008, 08:18 PM

try zecco.com commission free for 1st 10 trading of the month

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Added on October 29, 2008, 11:32 pmyou subject to maximum tax 30% of anysort that earn thru dividend and capital gain from speculation

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Added on October 29, 2008, 11:33 pmmalaysia tax only 25% so lot cheaper compare with us


This post has been edited by normanTE: Oct 29 2008, 11:33 PM

aig up 800% from it low.
optioexpress, stable but a bit ex
try etrade, ameritrade

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Added on April 4, 2009, 12:38 amsogotrade.com cheap, not so reliable.
zecco.com,
etrade.com
ameritrade.com

This post has been edited by normanTE: Apr 4 2009, 12:38 AM

zecco.com is rubbish if ure area speed less than 2 mb.
and sogotrade need at least 1mb to log in to trade.
no doubt both are equally cheap
zecco founded by american pension fund.
and sogotrade founded by some taiwanese company in taiwan.

for first time trader or investor;
you guy i advice to avoid such account,
remember anything less than usd 10 pertrade, their account service is suck.
best in town is etrade.com, listed company in nasdaq
next optioexpress own by JPMORGAN, not listed

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Added on May 13, 2009, 11:24 amanother is ameritrade.com
but their speed also very slow, i am using 1mb, combo package.

This post has been edited by normanTE: May 13 2009, 11:24 AM

hi all,

well, etrade, dont have minimum ; if ure account less than ten k, then they will charge 40 usd every quater.
personally i prefer optioexpress than ameritrade.com
i have all those account etrade.zecco.sogotrade,ameritrade,optioexpress,osk188hk,
i think ameritrade is still lagging during peak hours. sogotrade; jangan harap.
etrade is the best in town, if u have deep pocket.
they use to offer debit card to all account user. i think they have withdrawal them, same with ameritrade.

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Added on May 15, 2009, 7:14 ampersonally i am doing online wire to my aboard account, take less than 24hours from uob/hsbc hongkong to us depository account.


This post has been edited by normanTE: May 15 2009, 07:14 AM

i dont know u guys had seen my earlier thread in tech;
just to share, i have check up with the starhub singapore mobile service like digi in malaysia la,
they have this mobile broadband service at 70sgd permonth and their speed are 8mbps, and upload is 4mbps.
then i think no wonder during peak hours of the trading, i cant log in to few substandard securities like, zecco.com, sogotrade.com, mbtrading.com.
anyway i did complain this matter to them,
so got one day when i am working overtime in my office, i noted this 3 securities can be log in easily, then i check my office are corperate package at 600-800 rm permonth.
i am using 1mb maximum rm110 combo package, but i cant even log in my sogotrade account at moment.

best in town;
etrade.com
optioxpress.com
ameritrade.com (slow but hardly fail)

problem in my internet access.
it dont even work with mozilla or firefox.

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Added on May 19, 2009, 10:07 pmunless you upgrade download speed to 1.5mbps,
and increase upload speed to at least 1.5mbps

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Added on May 19, 2009, 10:51 pmand that will cost near rm600 permonths just for trading purposes.
for me i just use etrade or optionxpress for trading purposes.
investment purpose i am use ameritrade.com

This post has been edited by normanTE: May 19 2009, 10:51 PM

i just wanna share,
if u are a doctor ,pharmacy,engineer, probably u will make something between rm3000-5000 amonth. or in singapore that will be same just that it is in singapore dollar 3000-5000.
what i try to highlight is, malaysia streamyx combo rm 110, are trying to cheat our hard earn money,
why i said so? with rm110 which is 3% of our monthly income and u only get 1mb, that is slow. compare with the starhub in singapore which they provide near x8 the speed and 1/2 the price.

i am in singapore last weekend to handle some business matter, i used my office computer, which are 4mb, so there isnt any problem with the logging in sogotrade.com
i realise that sogotrade isnt the cheapest brokerage in town, so i did open up mbtrading.com as well, as matter of fact i am buying big cap most of time, and the truth is i hardly buying near 100share. so sogotrade isnt the best trading platform for me.
i switched to mb trading.com that even better as i can pay as minimum trading fees of 0.005 pershare. that mean whenever i have bought 100share of british petroleum share or chevron, exxonmobile their commission are less than 1 usd pertrade.

anyway you need to open all the account in town and see for ureself which one is the best.
i have account with zecco.com, mbtrading.com, firstrade.com,scotrade.com(many hidden fees, wont recommend this), sogotrade.com

;premium one
charles schwab ( can apply for their credit card, free for life, easy to withdrawal your money at any atm in the world)
etrade (same as scotrade many hidden fees, make sure have at least usd 50,000 to open this account)
ameritrade.com( founded since 1977 by toronto-dominian bank, and have been cheapest trading platform till firstrade, then zecco,
his motto; no miminum and no maintanence, true as what he said, and have top service team of u have apex account, but their platform are too popular and will hang sometime, which mean it can take longer than usual for u to log in and place order,
there is no realtime quote. )
optioxpress; i am not keen with this due to high trading fees, 15 usd pertrade, but no doubt it is one of the best in execution brokerage.
perhap no one are using them so they can log in easily.
but they do have best chart in all the trading platform, this is vital for day trader.

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Added on May 21, 2009, 1:04 pmfor day trader, i suppose etrade will come first and then follow with optioxpress,
i dont encourage people to use etrade, unless u have deep pocket, they have 3monthly usd 40 charges if ure account less than 10,000usd cash.
and pertrade is 13 usd, unless u have 50,000usd then pertrade is 9.99 usd.
i have closed this account because of too many hidden charges.
another thing is soon, they will transfer ure account money to something call etrade bank, which mean if u want to trade need to inform than 1 weeks in adance or else there is "saman" usd 70 pertrade.

good luck

This post has been edited by normanTE: May 21 2009, 01:04 PM

to sunshine:
how to trade hkse:
i have 3 account just trading hkse:
first account 1999 have to fly to hk,--> hsbc, open bank account with trading platform linkage.

2nd account 2006; osk188.hk

3rd account2009: public bank provide hkse trading platform

good luck

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Added on May 21, 2009, 1:13 pmvb1.

depend both equally lowsy,
but i have to said firstrade it started since 1997-1998 by bunch of hongkong immigrant, i said they dont speak english well. many complain said one u put ure money in firstrade, u cant withdrawal it.
personally i havent experience that due to i speak fluent cantonese.

if u have 25,000usd open zecco.com and u get 10 free trade everymonth.
they have poor execution and their online mail, no one will reply one.
and virtually everything need to be done by phone if system down.
it does happen many time especially during peak hours,9-12.

sincerely firstrade better than zecco.com, as zecco are relatively new

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Added on May 21, 2009, 1:14 pmif i havent said this zecco are started by american pension fund.

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Added on May 21, 2009, 1:28 pmwww.interactivebroker.com is the best if u have minimum of 10,000usd,
same problem, their webpage not user friendly, and manytime difficult to log in so i didnt open this account.
will try later.

This post has been edited by normanTE: May 21 2009, 01:28 PM

anyone bought insurance company?
INSURANCE
AIG
SWCEY
WELLPOINT WLP INSURANCE
prudential PUK
manulife mfc
allianz AZ
china life insurance LFC
axa
ing
great eastern gehdf
great eastern g07.si

i mean they are traded at relatively cheap, perhap underperform due to housing bubble,
good time to grab some.



mb trading, so far no hidden fees..
many trading platform arent available for southeast asian customer,
fidelity, tradeking, share builder, bank of america,wellfargo trading platform, they are not providing any service to asian pacific customer.
please update me when they do.

i still prefer option number one,
i have business in hongkong, with those trading account, link to my hsbc account in hongkong, i can use my hsbc atm card to do some withdrawal
whenever i want
it depend ure bussiness nature, do u travel to hongkong frequently?
malaysia ringgit is no good in hk, hardly any counter accept them.
and i am not willing to use credit card.

to sunshine;
2) just open a webpage www.osk188.com.hk, there is online platform application form, u dont have to be in hk to open this account. just send them that form after u have completed all ure personal portfolio.
3) public bank they started their trading service early this year around march 2009, only certain branch in Kl, have this service.
so please check it out. minimum depository is 2000rm.

personally i prefer option one,
although hsbc got more charges than others.
i mean u need to keep at least 10,000hkd in advanguard account
for premier account u need to maintain at least 1/2 mil hkd
or else there is a some charges whenever ure account fall below that value.

good luck

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Added on May 25, 2009, 2:03 pm if u have opened premier account; u will receive free for life hsbc platinium creditcard

all the best

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Added on May 25, 2009, 2:05 pmof course most of the singapore brokerage do offer hkse trading platform,
i wont recommend anyone using them.
there is a custody fees..
u will know what i mean when u open one.

This post has been edited by normanTE: May 25 2009, 02:05 PM

no sifu yet.

there is some annual charges between 0.01-0.03 sen pershare.
but i suppose it not easy to own 1000share of BP, that cost near 40,000usd
may i suggest it time to buy BT instead BP.
their out look is much better and with that dividend 10%++ and history high of near 200usd and mow trade at 5% of original value.....

good luck

it definately sound fantastic, with premier account, your account value shall not fall below 200k, or else what is the charges are like?
it like etrade,
the only advantage is u can withdrawal your fund anytime.

any one bought eep? enbridge; dividend near 20%, i bought 100share only when the price is 30usd.
hai very sad
i think if i buy now dividend will also be around 10% only.

guy this company really can give compound interest man, better than buying asb,asn, wawasan ,asm..
what for with those que? i dont understand.

investing sleep well.


citibank had miss their dividend for last 2 quarter.
i think i buy BAC instead.
aig, cheap la but no dividend.

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Added on June 8, 2009, 11:55 pmgeneral electric good buy man,,,, any buyer?
dividend near 9% at present value,
but i think i cant find this type of dividend and with such a margin of safety in asian company.........

This post has been edited by normanTE: Jun 8 2009, 11:55 PM

danmoon :

there isnt complicated to get rich like buffet,
first buy good company.. with eps been consistently growing
2nd buy good dividend company
3rd combine 1st and 2nd at bargain price. so to see the magic of compound interest.

i believe obama is working hard to keep economic on upward trend.
anyway why sell after all i am buying somemore to average it.
i am not intend to go against those big guys.

if us federal settled with those bank issue another rally for nyse........

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Added on June 9, 2009, 11:28 pmbuying a company with expecting it to grow higher are some sort of gamble.

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Added on June 9, 2009, 11:33 pmso if anyone have been shorting GM since last 3 month, i beleive they would have made few million usd by now..
having saying that if u have got ball to short or thinking u have a nerve of steel, then u havent meet one great depression yet.
for those who have went thru 1997 asia crisis will understand what i mean.

This post has been edited by normanTE: Jun 9 2009, 11:33 PM

now i inview of composite are quite high i will buy dividend counter;
who care they went up or down, i will collect my 10% dividend every year.
few recomendation:
but everytime i recommend this stock always went up one;;;;;
bac just went up 15% from last week

enbridge is good counter eep
cel: celcom israel. good dividend
torm shipping TRMD
vgr
rgnc

well depend which direction you heading.
i buy and keep for years so far i have few poor dividend counter,
which i bought at rather low price walmart 47usd....tesco at 380 pence.....pepsi at 48usd
diversify. i have 50 different counter..
i know i can get pure 4% dividend from pepsi even though us goverment come down, pepsi still have it global play...