What types of job opportunities exist for people with a skill set derived from 3-5 years as an sector trader on the international trading desk for one of the top private equity investment firms? [more inside]
posted by namewithhe1d on Dec 2, 2009 - 3 answers

Schwab investment instructions for the complete noob? [more inside]
posted by rabbitrabbit on Feb 14, 2009 - 10 answers

Can anyone recommend an online discount brokerage that can execute trades internationally? All the online brokerages I've looked at that do international trades at all do them over the phone and charge a lot for these trades. [more inside]
posted by atrazine on Nov 26, 2008 - 4 answers

How can I find out the health of my investment brokerage (like Fidelity.com, E-Trade, etc)? Can brokerages even crash and lose my money like in a bank failure? [more inside]
posted by random1destiny on Oct 6, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm interested in both good and bad experiences people here have had with discount brokerages. [more inside]
posted by small_ruminant on Jun 18, 2008 - 12 answers

Are there any websites which will access several different online brokerage/401k accounts and display the information all in one place? [more inside]
posted by iknowizbirfmark on Jan 16, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there a good simulator for playing the stock market with imaginary money? [more inside]
posted by antipasta_explosion on Sep 23, 2007 - 11 answers

Total beginner to investing and finance, researching how to start investing maybe $2K each year, mostly in socially responsible mutual funds -- and how a young, healthy person should balance retirement investment with other kinds of investments. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 27, 2006 - 10 answers

Are there books that explain, in great detail, the systems that clear trades (equities and options) on the markets and shuffle funds among banks in the U.S.? [more inside]
posted by qslack on Feb 10, 2006 - 2 answers

What would it take to start (in terms of licensing and registering) a "competitor" (in a very vague and loose sense of the word) to E*Trade? [more inside]
posted by Alt F4 on Oct 23, 2005 - 8 answers

I want to thank everyone for their advice on my previous question about getting to DC for an interview. I'm at the next phase of my problem now: I got the job. That's not the problem; starting a week from Monday is. I need an apartment in Washington, DC in... yeah, umm, five days or so. I'm looking up brokers right now, any other options? Good websites? This is my first move ever, so I'm mind-numbingly ignorant about this.
posted by XQUZYPHYR on Oct 8, 2004 - 26 answers

How safe is it to have a brokerage hold your securities in street name? [more inside]
posted by crumbly on Jul 14, 2004 - 4 answers