<<By the way, you should consider getting yourself a new broker. The notion that you have a bunch of strangers monitoring your account with a computer and then trying to proactively influence your buying decisions seems a little scary. Especially, with scare tactics. >>
How ridiculous.....a bunch of strangers monitoring my account?? First, what bunch of starngers is this. She is my broker, who I have known for over 25 of my 36 years on this planet. And isn't it the job of your full service broker to help monitor, lend advice, and proactively help with your buying and selling?? I mean, thats their freaking job....to offer advice and opinions......and where on earth did you come up with the scare tactics thing? Sheez......My broker did exactly what she is paid for.......she alerted me to possible negatives that could arise and offered her advice. There were no scare tactics used, and nobody makes the final decision but me. She did exactly what she was supposed to do.....she wasnt trying to scare me....she was letting me know her opinion based on the info she has at hand. Why is it scary to have your full service broker monitoring your account??? Isn't that what they are there for???? I have several brokerage accounts...only one full service, and I rarely even use them anymore, as SSB offers online trading, so if I am trading in that account, I normally do it online anyway....but regardless....the reason people maintain a full service brokerage and pay higher commissions is for that exact reason....to have a trained professional help you manage and monitor your account. Not everybody can stay glued to the computer and see every piece of news and/or data on every company out there.......it is the full service brokers job to help monitor and manage the accounts of their clients....that is why they are there....and you think that is scary?? Personally, I was very happy when she called and recommended I sell amzn at $65 and yhoo at $100...on the flip side, I am not thrilled with all her calls and advice....I sold intel and sunw way too soon.....even at todays depressed prices, I still sold way too soon......anyway....I dont know how or why you could possibly think it is scary to have a broker do their job....I hope I am not paying the higher fee's for nothing....I hope she is watching out for my best interests.....and let me tell you, she is one broker that I can honestly say is here for her clients......I dont know how many times she missed on nice commissions by advising me not to buy, or not to sell something....when I wanted to.....again, it was my final decision, and she could have said nothing and taken her commissions and run, but instead she lent her advice which may have been not to buy or not to sell a particular stock for a particular reason.....
anyway.....I am outta here
have a great afternoon |
