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Strategies & Market Trends : Investing during a Bear Market -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (148)	11/12/1997 12:16:00 PM
From: Jumper	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 226

Datek-Datek-Datek-Datek-Datek :o)

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (148)	11/12/1997 1:59:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 226

Bonnie, are you using Schwab's web site, or the dial-in software? My experience is that the web-site is almost always a joke, even after hours. The dial-in software is great, except that I have to sign off the web to use it. On Monday Oct 27 I had did have a rare problem but came up with a work-around. As usual, I tried to log in from the quote screen, but got no response. Then on a hunch I tried logging in from the balance screen and it worked. When I switched to the quote screen, I got quotes, but they were MUCH slower than usual. Another option would be to switch to a Schwab 500 account, which is available to those with at least $50K who trade at least 50 times/year. With this you get phone access to a special dedicated team of brokers who learn your trading style. You pay standard Schwab commissions minus some percentage (20% I think), plus additional discounts if you trade online. You can also use Telebroker, so there are a lot of ways to trade. I have the Schwab 500 for my taxable account, and I just started an eSchwab account for my IRA. I'm attending a training class tomorrow at Schwab and I'm going to make a serious complaint to Schwab about their totally worthless web site.