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Compete to Win $100 in the Market Masters Tournament

April 17, 2013

Want to show off your trading skills and win a cash prize? Then sign up for Kapitall’s Market Masters Tournament. Every week you compete against other Kapitall users to win one of 3 prizes of [...]

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Best Brokerage Deals: Kapitall Offers 2-for-1 Happy Hour Trades

April 17, 2013

Want to get a free trade? All you have to do is check your Twitter. Kapitall, the gamified trading platform, now offers 2-for-1 trades during “happy hour” for all its brokerage clients. Every day, Kapitall [...]

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How to Open An Online Brokerage Account in 5 Steps

April 9, 2013

Finding the right online brokerage account for your investing needs is more of a science than an art, yet retail investors find it hard to navigate the 60+ options of available accounts.  To help, NerdWallet [...]

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Optionshop Launches A New Account for Futures Options Trading

March 12, 2013

Are you looking to trade futures options?  You should know that there’s a new online broker in town.  Optionshop launched on January 7, 2013 and bills itself as a way to bring affordable options on [...]

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Looking for a Cheap Broker? WellsTrade is not the Answer

February 28, 2013

If you’ve been thinking of making the switch to WellsTrade, you may want to reconsider. Beginning April 1, Wells Fargo will no longer provide 100 commission-free trades to anyone opening a WellsTrade account linked to [...]

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Capital One ShareBuilder Slashes Prices: Now the Best Online Broker in Town?

February 26, 2013

Capital One announced Thursday that its ShareBuilder online brokerage account is cutting prices, bringing it to the top of the pack when it comes to the biggest online brokerages in the business. Effective March 1, [...]

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The Top 10 Things Your Popular Online Broker Won’t Tell You

December 5, 2012

Over 17 million investors have active trading accounts at the popular online brokers TD Ameritrade, E-trade, and Schwab.  But are customers really getting the best service at the best price?  NerdWallet investigated these and other popular online [...]

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Best Brokerage Deals: Black Friday Edition

November 19, 2012

  Thanksgiving brings families together. Black Friday then brings everyone to the mall. In searching for deals, don’t limit yourself to Walmart and Victoria’s Secret. This Black Friday, check out the great deals at online [...]

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NerdWallet Brokerage Study: Investors throw away over $1.8 billion annually

November 13, 2012

A new NerdWallet study examined the trading patterns of online investors and found that they are overpaying by more than $1.8 billion per year. NerdWallet Study Key Findings: At least 17 million investors overpaying for online [...]

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What are ETFs? Where Can I Trade Them Commission-Free?

November 12, 2012

ETFs have been publicized recently as the popular, new asset class to trade, but many people have no idea what they are. Before you jump in the deep end of the pool, here’s some basic [...]

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