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In response to "What's a good stock trading solution in Canada with low/no commissions?" by Beryllium

Do you have big brokerage houses there or no?

Posted by ty97 Feb 1 '21, 11:42

I like Fidelity's interface pretty well, especially the ability to drill down into g/l by lots. The trade fuction leave some to be desired, but it works fine. Just don't love the UI.

TDAmeritrade's quote/trade bar at the bottom is *great*. The rest of the site....not bad, but prefer Fidelity's. TD Ameritrade is also merging with Schwab.

Schwab...I just have some index mutual funds there so never use it, so can't really opine.

Scottrade - gone, merged with TD Ameritrade
Ebay - going, bought by Schwab
TD Ameritrade - going, bought by Schwab

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ETrade was bought by Morgan Stanley, not Schwab. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 11:45 6
- Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab are different? - ty97 Feb 1, 11:48 5
  - I thought they tried to merge at one point until regulators said no? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 11:50 4
    - I know that Morgan Stanley bought Smith Barney from Citi as part of the latter’s bailout in 2008/2009, but i don’t remember if they also tried to buy schwab at some point. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 1, 12:39 3
      - What ever happened to poor Dean Witter? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 12:52 2
        
        Bought by Morgan Stanley in 1997, the Dean Witter name was dropped in 2001. -- (edited) - znufrii Feb 1, 12:57 1
        
        Oh, and that’s neat, the Wikipedia page for MSSB has the acquisition tree showing all the mergers that created the company. -- nm - znufrii Feb 1, 13:04
The US brokerages don't operate up here, no, but each of the major banks up here has their own. - Reagen Feb 1, 11:45
you said ebay but I assume you meant etrade ... :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 1, 11:43 1
- close enough! - ty97 Feb 1, 11:45

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