Canadian DISCOUNT stock brokers?
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If you go to www.stingyinvestor.com, you might have some luck finding what you are looking for. Have you tried www.etrade.ca? I have found it difficult to get a US broker - I need a US address and a Social Security #. I guess I'm out of luck!\n\nGood luck to you.
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I use http://www.interbankfx.com and have used http://www.oanda.com in the past.  I don't know if they'd provide service to you in Malaysia, but they've both worked well for me and I've withdrawn funds with no problems.\n\nI have heard stories of fraudulent brokerages, but a lot of times people are just upset with their brokerages because of how much money they've lost at them.
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Metastock from www.equis.com has a good reputation\nTradestation (www.TradeStationWorld.com) seems to be the thing for professionals.
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Barrons.com is free access this weekend, check them as they usually compare brokers...\n\nalso Money Magazine, Smart Money, Kiplingers
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Some maybe many of the brokers that you talk with are in the business of selling stock. They have things they want to peddle. So it can be a disadvantage to your well being to follow their advice. Many of the on line brokers do have representatives that you can talk with. The two that I deal with do. TD Waterhouse and Fidelity. They will charge you a higher commission to talk to a broker (order taker in this case).  I am sure there are good, knowledgable brokers out there but your chances of finding one are not real good. The good brokers have a customer base that trades millions of dollars at a time. They are not particularly interested in nickle dime trade. \n\nPerhaps to start you might think about a no load mutul fund. Go to Yahoo Finance and use their tools to find funds that have a high Morningstar rating, at least a 4 star and expenses of not more than 1.5% That strategy will minimize your risks, but not eliminate them. Back in 2000-2, most funds lost money, some a lot of money. But they did not loose as much as those folks that invested in Enron or Delta or United. \n\nThe trick to minimizing risk is to diversify, not only among companies buy also across political boundaries. However, the more diversified one is the closer to the market norm will be ones returns. For that reason index funds have become the current rage. The theory being that it is too difficult to beat the market. 70% of mutual funds do not beat the market. \n\nThough I do have mutual funds, I prefer to take my chances on being able to pick the best companies to invest in myself. Sometimes I make good picks. Other times they are disasters. But I have only myself to blame. I like it like that. \n\nSorry about the misspelled words. Spell checker does not seem to be working at the moment.
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Unfortunately, I'll probably dealing primarily with stocks listed on American exchanges, I'll see if I can come up with a Toronto one.\n\nAltria (nee Phillip-Morris, MO) is a great stock to get because it's a solid tobacco company with some great brands (Marlboro) and they're just entering the smokeless tobacco market, which could be a huge payoff.  Also, this "light cigarette" class action hit the stock too much and I expect to see MO gap up in the future.  And they pay a 4.20% dividend.  It's hard not to like it.\n\nFor alcohol, the market seems to be going into liquor as opposed to beer these days, especially among the younger crowd (who tends to drink more).  This isn't strictly empirical, but I think going into a liquor company is a better bet.  For that, DEO is your best bet.  They have a great stock of brands (Morgan, J&B, Cuervo, Tanqueray) and are have some beer and wine brands (but their strength is far and away their liquor).  It's relatively cheap at 19.51 P/E and has a 3.90% dividend also.\n\nI don't know too much about weapons, but if you're into military stuff, Halliburton and even Boeing are sound investments.  Handguns, Smith and Wesson (SWHC) is the only one that comes to mind it's forward P/E seems a little high at 27.56 for manufactured goods in what seems to me a tight market, but there's not much industry data to go on (not very many handgun companies).  They're trading on the upper end of their 200dma so this stock could move upwards (and it's been trending up all year).  Analysts are bullish, so I'd say it's worth watching.\n\nFor gambling, you need to go where the money is, and that means what's hot.  No casino's hotter than Sands (LVS) which has exploded over the past year, but I'm worried that the money might have been made there.  It's the best casino stock out there, but it's the most expensive.  Casinos are still a good investment, but I'm thinking with concerns over the Democrats taking over (and the economic / legislative ramifications) you might want to go a little cheaper.  Harrah's (HET) is another good casino stock that's not so pricey as Sands.\n\nAs far as sex stuff, it's pretty hard for me to come up with a recommendation.  I'm sort of cold on the industry because a lot of it is privately held, and the public issues don't get coverage.  If somebody can come up with a good investment, I'd love to hear it, though.\n\nHowever, I'd be interested to know why you're interested in sin stocks.  As I touched on earlier, some people think a Democratic congress could hurt some of these companies (especially tobacco).  Maybe you're thinking these were irrationally factored into the price and that these stocks could jump up after the election?\n\nEdit:  Full disclosure.  The only stock listed that I own is MO.
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A stock broker can give you a definite answer.  You might try Charles Schwab, Scottrade, or Fidelity.
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InteractiveBrokers has $1 trades, which is as cheap as you'll find.  You need to make 10 trades/month.  If you're an active trader, that should be no problem.\n\nScottrade is one of the best that actually has branch locations.  They charge $7 for limit and market trades.
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Try Morningstar (MORN) and Ruth Christie (RUTH). Also, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and NYSE (I think it is NSE)
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This is a great starting place.  http://www.pinksheets.com\n\nJust remember, low priced stocks are low priced for a reason!  Good luck!!
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Go ask some of your large broker houses in the US if they have access to the Australian Market. I know that some of our brokers in Australia offer the service for us to directly purchase US stocks.
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www.canadareversemortgage.com/
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Try www.oanda.com. They have spreads as tight as 1.5 pips. And I really like their trading platform too.
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It is wise for you to consider investing. Until very recently, TD Waterhouse and the other Canadian bank-arm brokerages were charging $20+ per trade. This is wayyyyyy too much.\n\nTD Waterhouse's purchase of Ameritrade Canada has resulted in new $14.99 trades with TD. It goes down to $9.99 if you make more than 150 trades per quarter.\n\nQuestrade and Trade Freedom are companies with lower commissions. They charge for data access and other things though. They are also younger smaller companies.\n\nDon't trade junior Canadian issues. Nothing less than $2. There is an army of Canadian pump and dumpers. The Canadian Venture Exchange is chock full of very suspect companies.\n\nPeople use Canada to distribute shares at the end of their growth. Krispy Kreme, Nortel, Bre-x. Tim Horton's smacks of distribution as well.\n\nThere ARE hundreds of excellent Canadian comapnies. Don't be scared to buy US as well. There are thousands of excellent US companies.
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There are a lot of good brokererages depending on what you like and how you trade.\n\nBarron's Online has a great article on brokerages that they publish each year. (I'll try to find you the link for the March 6,2006 article)\n\nFor basic stuff, E*Trade, Ameritrade, and Scottrade are sufficient. For more complex trades, I'd recommend Optionsxpress, ThinkorSwim, or interactivebrokers. \n\nBased on what you put in your question on wanting affordable w/o inactivity fees, I'd recommend optionsxpress since they have no minimum activity that you're required to do.  Further, they have some great strategy scans and a decent virtual trading platform to practice on.\n\nBrokerages like Fidelity are horrible for anyone with any decent experience.  Though they do have decent research stuff.\n\nBut for research, there are SOOO many places to find good stocks.\n\nSo, decide what's important to you as a trader and compare the brokers! You can use the article, or go to each website as they all seem to have comparison charts! \n\nAnd if there are any other particular things that you want to mention as being most important to you (such as executions, cust svc, cheapest trade - which you mentioned, flexibility on allowing you to do certain types of trades, stop and stop limit orders, contingent orders, great graphing, what if scenarios, training, etc), I'll be glad to help discuss this with you too!\n\nIf you have any questions, let me know.\n\nHope that helps!
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TD Ameritrade is the best. I have used for years. The interface are trader friendly and portfolio information are shown in details. I buy penny stocks so the $9.99 fixed commission for unlimited shares is good for me. No maintenance fees.\n\nIf you are going to buy penny stocks, you need to be careful about the commission. Search the fine prints.\n\nFor Scottrade, see fine prints: "For stocks priced under $1, add 1/2% of the principal value to the commissions shown. " You will end up to pay more than $7.\n\nEtrade recently reduced the commission with fixed commission for unlimted shares so it is good for penny stock traders too. But I don't like portfolio web page because it is very confusing and do not show all the information I want to see.
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