Tag: stocks

Product Review: Amazon Best Selling Investment Books (Real Time)

Posted by Brady – September 7, 2009

This post reviews best selling business & investing books on Amazon, including dynamically updated list of best sellers of investment books in the areas of Bonds, commodities, Futures, General, Introduction, Mutual Funds, options, Real Estate, Stocks.


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1

 How To How To Win Friends and Influence People

4.6 out of 5 stars(886)

Download: $12.99
2 used & new from $9.99

(Visit the Best Sellers in Investing list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)

2

 The Intelligent Investor The Intelligent Investor

4.6 out of 5 stars(256)

Buy new: $21.99 $13.49
162 used & new from $8.58

(Visit the Best Sellers in Investing list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)

3

 Liars Poker Liar’s Poker

4.3 out of 5 stars(331)

Download: $7.12
152 used & new from $7.12

(Visit the Best Sellers in Investing list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)

4

 Mindset Mindset

4.1 out of 5 stars(144)

Buy new: $16.00 $10.88
90 used & new from $7.20

(Visit the Best Sellers in Investing list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)

5

 Rich Dad Poor Dad Rich Dad Poor Dad

3.7 out of 5 stars(2503)

Buy new: $7.99
58 used & new from $3.64

(Visit the Best Sellers in Investing list for authoritative information on this product’s current rank.)

Full list of bestsellers in this category (in a pop up window)

Review of Online Stock / Option Brokers

Posted by Brady – June 7, 2009

This post reviews major online stock / option brokers for retail investors.

TradeKing is a nationally licensed online broker offering low flat fees ($4.95 per trade plus $.65 per option contract) with no hidden costs or account minimums.  Mutual fund trading cost $14.95 per trade, while TDAmeritrade cost $49.99 per trade, and E*Trade cost $19.99 per trade. TradeKing offers great education to investors who heavily trade on options, it offers pre-programmed option strategies in its tading platform to facilitate option trading which is common used in hedging risk. Regarding accessing research information, TradeKing offers access to research from MarketGrader.com, “a quantitative system that analyzes publicly-traded companies based on a strict fundamental analysis”

E*TRADE FINANCIAL offers $12.99 stock trades ($9.99 if your have more than $50,000 in your portfolio or makes 30+ trades per quarter).  Available research includes: Credit Suisse, Thomson Reuters, S&P Stock Reports, BNY Jaywalk, Morningstar, Dow Jones and Market Edge, a complete list can be found here.

E*TRADE retirement accounts include: No-Fee Roth IRA, No-Fee Traditional IRA, and Rollover IRA accounts. Opening an account is quick and easy, and takes a matter of minutes.