I want to open a SEP IRA, rollover my 401k, and do stock trading...all with one company. Who's the best?
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Vanguard will give you the lowest fees.\n\nSchwab will probably give you the best service.
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Morningstar is pretty good, sign up is free and you can compare lots of fund aspects. Dig deeper at yahoo finance for particular funds.
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Any place that manages IRAs will help you do the rollover -- after all, they want your money!\n\nIf you're young and don't have any other investments, just put it all in stocks, preferably a stock index fund.  You want to look for a fund with the lowest costs.
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I use Scottrade and like it. I like the fact that I have both a local physical office and can do all of my business online. I also like the prices they charge and the online interface. Your types of investments may determine what online broker you prefer. I have another online broker for commodities and futures and another for my 401k. \n\nMotley Fool has an excellent comparison chart of online brokers. I would look there first before deciding. You might have to register at Motley Fool but it is free. You can also check Barron's once a year rating of online brokers. It is a subscription site, or you can buy it on the newstand. It should published right about now.
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The question has several answers depending on how it is interpreted. For example, mutual funds allow you to buy shares that track the S&P 500. One might consider buying shares in one of those mutal funds as buying shares on the stock market. Fidelity and Vanguard both sell these and others.\n\nIf on the other hand you are talking about an on line stock broker, there are quite a few. Again Fidelity which I think is excellent, TD Ameritrade, E-Trade, Scottrade, and  others.
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I say go with Scottrade.  I have been taking a look at the different online brokers and have recently decided to go with Scottrade myself.  They have lower fees and require a lower balance to open an account ($500).  Also they have many offices around the country that are there if you want to meet with someone in person.\n\nTake a look at this link, it compares the online services of different brokers:\n\nhttp://www.scottrade.com/frame_brokers.asp
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fidelity and morningstar are both good to research fund and stock
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Your best bet is to buy S&P DEP RECEIPTS (Symbol SPY).  they give you the diversity of the S&P 500 index.
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There is no such thing as the best mutual fund company or fund.  If there was everyone would be in it.  Even the "good" fund companies have "poor" funds.\n\nYou must start with an asset allocation and goals. Understand Asset Allocation !!!! It's the number one predictor for successful individual investors.\n\nYou may want to start with an S&P500 index fund (low cost) like Vanguard or Fidelity. If you move to managed funds (over time) learn about other no-loads/low expense mutual fund companies. Also check out ETF's.\n\nDecent fund companies include;\nVanguard, Fidelity, Dodge & Cox, Aerial, Artisian, Oakmark and many others. After 35 years of investing I'm 50% in stocks & 50% in ETF's for the stock side of my Asset Allocation.
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Open a "Complete" account.  It is their best product and is by far the best inthe industry.  Trades cost 13.99 and everything else is free.  No other fees.  ATM fees are refunded.  It is awesome.  Highly recommended.
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There are really no "better sites" for that. Just pick one of the big names like ameritrade or scottrade. As far as making money, when you short a stock you are betting that the value of the stock will decrease over time. So if you think company x is going to do poorly and you short(sell) them at 10 dollars a share and then later buy them back at 5 dollars a share you will have made 5 dollars a share minus trading costs.
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I've been quite successful with the Franklin Templeton family of funds. There are lots of\ndifferent funds to choose based on your risk tolerance.
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I like Scottrade.  You need only $500 dollar to open an account.  It is perfect for small investors.  You can compared  and see for yourself.\n\nhttp://scottrade.com/frame_brokers.asp
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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, I'd recommend one of the first three, but all are very good. Cheapest probably is scottrade (of the larger online firms). \n\nBut yes there are cheaper like interactivebrokers, but you'll have to get used to their software based platform (which is doable). They're only about $1/contract on options!\n\nBrokerages like Fidelity are horrible for anyone with any decent experience. \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 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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try charles schwab, e-trade, or ameritrade
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Any brokerage firm will gladly make it "fast and easy" so how about I tell you who is "the best".\n\nI recommend Scottrade its only $40 to open an account($500 min.)there are NO mantainance/hidden fees and trades are only $7 for unlimited shares(unless they under $1) they also pay interest(monthly) on your cash balances and charge no inactivity fees. With a $2500 balance you can even get a checking account so you'll have easy access to your profits.  \n\nAs a day trader I've used their services over 5 years now and have tried to find a better deal. Sure, there are places that advertise trades for as little as $1 but they more than make up for it with hidden/maintainance fees or activity requirements. Scottrade is straight up they never pulled any crap like this on me or anyone else i'm aware of.\n\nThe "make money quick" part is entirely up to you, this takes a good understanding of how the markets work, which is more than i can tell you here but, i will refer you to a good beginners resource. Read Jim Cramers' book "Real Money" it will knock years off the learning needed to become a successful trader/investor. \n\nIf you'd like more info just click on my icon(Truyer) and drop me a line, I'm allways glad to help an aspiring trader get started. This is the greatest job in the world!\n\nWishing You the Best of Good Buys!!!
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Try firstrade.com\n\nThey do online trades for $6.95, use S&P's stock research, and have no minimum to trade in an IRA or regular brokerage acount. I used sharebuilder, their research section stinks, and you have to wait for them to purchase the stock on a rotating basis, you can not purchase when you want, and if you calculate the cost of each trade using this method then the total commission is far more than any discount brokerage. And if you do want to do an immediate trade the commission is $19.95. I started using Firstrade.com, recomended by Smartmoney magazine(The Wall Street Journal' magazine) , and haven't looked back.