Looking for another ETF similar to proshares QLD....?
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frankly I am at a loss as to why you might have a loss on QLD.  It is up substanually.  Did you short it?\n\nThere is no specific rule so I can not tell you that the treasury department would not consider it as falling under the wash rule.  In fact I expect that they might, if they were so inclined, but there is another security with exactly the opposite attributes of QLD.  That is QID.  So if you close out your position in QLD and take an opposite possition in QID you will have essentually the same position. \n\nThere is another fund SSO which you can substitute for QLD that I am certain would not fall under the wash rule because it tracks a different index--the S&P 500.  I know that the QQQQ has a greater beta than the S&P 500 but their performance is similar. SSO has increased in value about 12.7% since 7-6.  QLD has increased in value about 24.5% during the same period. So take twice the position in SSO.
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Try Xpresstrade.com.\nThey are a futures broker but they always show people from all over the world that use their services.
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Personally, I'd prefer prosper.com. But it depends upon how well established you are and what's your risk tolerance. If you're well established with a good foundation and are willing to risk it all, the sky is the limit. But if you're like most, I'd start with maybe 50% in VFINX (index 500 fund, 10% avg return) and the other 45% Internationals. perhaps 1-5% in high risk high return stuff. Repeat until you get comfortable enough to understanding risk before you venture out to deeper waters.
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Hands down, the right answer is Investors FastTrack's Momentum Model by FTALpha using Exchange Traded funds.\n\nhttp://www.fasttrack.net/newhelp/Trading_sector_funds.asp
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Vanguard.com generally has the near highest rates on a consistent basis. They offer a lot of funds with no load and low cost. They are not the lowest commission structure however. If you trade a lot and don't keep big cash balances I would go elsewhere.\n\nFidelity, tradeking, schwab, etrade, ameritrade, scottrade
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Go with SHAREBUILDER.COM   FREE (only 12 bucks per month for some bells/whistles)\n\nI love it! \n\nNO minimum to invest.\n\n\nEasy to use.....\n\nGreat service!
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growth or value?\n\nI've looked at this one.  It might be something that I'd consider, if I was looking for another fund.  Though its a bit toward growth.\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PISRX&d=t
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http://www.asx.com.au/investor/options/index.htm\n\nThis is the best website which gives an indepth and accurate information on Options and futures strategies.\nI am shure this will serve your purpose.
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try this:\nhttp://www.vmktrades.com
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yahoo did away with portfolio tracking several months ago. Try marketwatch.com or even better morningstar.com
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Yes, there are several gold ETF's. IAU and GLD are two of them that can be traded as you trade equities. You can even use limit orders on them. Just watch the expense ratio. For more information, go to the AMEX web site and look for ETF.\n\nThe alternative is to buy a stock of a gold mining company. There are literally dozens of them, some of the more popular ones being RGLD, ASA, NEM, AUY, GG.
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There is a low risk mutual fund out there, ticker symbol PRPFX.  It has never lost money in any year since it started in 1997, and has averaged a return of 6.5% each year.  Go to morningstar.com to get more information on it.  Also, you can acquire it without any fees at Charles Schwab.  Good Luck.
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Sharebuilder.com is the cheapest at $4.00 per transaction if you do automatic investing with them.  For pure trading, tradeking.com $ 4.95 is hard to beat.  For service and price Scottrade $ 7.00 is better.  For day trading and opportunity for IPO you may try ETrade.\nGood luck.
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try charles schwab, e-trade, or ameritrade
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(HXI, IFN, IIF, PGJ)\n\nhttp://etfinvestor.com/article/4971
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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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Go with scottrade. I have an account and you can't beat $7/trade. They also have offices all over the US.\n\nSharebuilder charges about $15.95 for real time trades. They also have a program where you can "dollar cost" average into a stock. Say you want to invest $50/month into Apple, $25/month into ebay, and $10/month into Starbucks. It'll cost you $4/month/"automatic transaction". You can also subscribe to their package deals where they give you 20 automatic transactions for $20. 6 trades/month for $12. The trick though is..you have to invest the same day every month and they execute the trade. You have no control over when (morning/afternoon or time). This is fine if you want to accumulate stock.\n\nI do like eTrade for their interface but their trades are $15 unless you do X trades a month and the price goes down...but for a small investor, it's cheaper to go with the $7 trades at Scottrade