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To: rllee who wrote (28500)	10/11/2007 7:05:18 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Respond to of 78753

Right now I have Fidelity account. They are somewhat OK. I have not used other brokers for foreign stocks though.

To: rllee who wrote (28500)	10/11/2007 7:52:09 PM
From: Madharry	Respond to of 78753

I think interactive and ameritrade are both good for canadian stocks. ameritrade is cheaper but way more annoying to deal with, as i find myself constantly computing figures in different currencies, checking to see why I dont seem to be on the ask or bid, calling ameritrade to find out why, then a couple of minutes later i frequently get an execution, and I never know whether the reports are running late, or the price shifted and I was screwed on the xchange rate . i have used interactive to purchase melco in hongkong. I used fidelity for a couple of stocks in norway, but I am planning to give Schwab a look. I think they are a little cheaper than fidelity for intl stuff, and i like what i hear about their proprietary screens.

To: rllee who wrote (28500)	10/12/2007 12:45:49 AM
From: Spekulatius	Respond to of 78753

rllee, I use Interactive brokers for foreign stocks. It works OK, although the fact that my Roth IRA with them is not margin account complicates matters: I have to purchase the FOREX first to cover stock and commissions before buying. Commission are fairly reasonable - i paid about 12$ for the purchase in London. HK was even cheaper, i paid 6$ there. Sometimes I use the ADR when the liquidity is sufficient (did this with KPELY and RYCEY recently) and ETrade works well for that. I signed up for ETrade international trading but never used it, because it is too expensive, IMO.