In the third part of our series comparing Questrade’s $0.95 trade commission plan to Virtual Brokers’ $0.99 trade commission plan we focus on how order types can impact the total cost associated with either trading commission plan. If you missed the beginning our series, you can read Part 1 here Read More »
In the second installment of our special series comparing Questrade’s and Virtual Brokers’ lowest stock trading commission plans, we take a look at what our study results showed us about the impact of market data to the overall cost of trading. If you missed the first part, you can check Read More »
Canadian Discount Brokerages Cut Commissions Canadian discount brokerages are in the midst of a price war. The newer entrants to the Canadian discount brokerage market, such as Questrade and Virtual Brokers, have driven prices for equity trade commissions to below the $1 per trade mark. With Questrade’s recently announced $0.95 commission Read More »
Introduction As part of our special series on social media and investing, we take a look at the professional social network, LinkedIn. What is LinkedIn LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) was launched in 2003 and is a social networking website for professionals. As of January 2013 the site boasts more than 200 million users in Read More »
We are back with the Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup! Here’s the latest news from Canadian discount brokerages this past week: JitneyTrade and Credential Direct have stepped into the investor education game offering learning webinars to their clients. A look at JitneyTrade’s Twitter feed gave us the low-down on a series of webinars Read More »
Commission-Free ETFs: Peer Pressure? Letting self-directed investors trade exchange traded funds (ETFs) commission-free appears to be all the rage amongst Canadian discount brokerages these days. National Bank Direct Brokerage has now become the latest Canadian discount brokerage to offer free trading of Canadian ETFs (click here to read their press release) Read More »
This year’s Vancouver World MoneyShow turned out to be a little different than most others. The exhibiting space felt a bit smaller than usual, the lineups took a bit longer and the schedule a bit less punctual. As it turned out, this year’s MoneyShow would be the one in which this franchise Read More »
In this episode of Trader’s Lens, Brent Cook of ExplorationInsights.com gives us tips on understanding geochemical anomalies, economic discoveries and seeking out good advice from mining and exploration experts. Read More »
