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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1041968)	12/12/2017 9:17:53 AM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583682

I have brokerage accounts with Fidelity and TD Ameritrade. I use Fidelity for my retirement accounts primarily and TD Ameritrade for my cash account. I can't say I'm surprised at what happened to you at Fidelity. I find CS at Fidelity to be largely clueless. Fidelity's web site is clunky and runs slow to inoperable on heavy volume days like OPEX. I do have the active trader software on an old Windows machine, but I use Chromebooks and Fidelity's active trader is not compatible with that. If I need to make a trade during a heavy volume day, I use the Fidelity mobile app on my android smartphone, which works well. Fidelity tends to be very rigid and inflexible while TD Ameritrade is a lot more open and aims to please. That's my experience. As for the market, I would be a bit surprised if the tax cut bill passed this year and took effect next year without the market selling off a bit at the outset of 2018. I wouldn't hesitate to hedge my portfolio if I saw the slightest sign of that happening. The market is somewhat rigged and I continue to think that only a recession will produce a bear.