Effective June 7, eOption is changing clearing firms to FirstSouthwest Company. Not sure what a clearing firm is and why it matters? Read our stock broker clearing firm overview here: Stock Broker Clearing Firms
Commission Free ETF News
We have updated our commission free ETF list with the lastest funds. Of note, Scottrade dropped their commission free ETF program while Schwab greatly expanded theirs. Go here for the full details: Stock Broker Commission Free ETFs
TradeKing / Zecco Merger Has Closed
On May 15th, TradeKing and Zecco announced their intention to merge. This week the merger officially closed. It was announced that the new combined entity will eventually be named TradeKing, discarding the Zecco name in the process. The company has stated that they are taking on the TradeKing name because the Zecco name was initially
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Zecco / TradeKing Merger
Last month, TradeKing and Zecco announced that they were merging. You can watch the announcement video featuring TradeKing CEO Don Montanaro and Zecco CEO Mike Raneri here: I rate both brokerages well so my initial thoughts were that the merger can possibly result in a combined company that is even better. If the end result
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