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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thad Pickard who wrote (7624)	3/29/1998 5:39:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 16892

Is there anyone cheaper than Datek for IRA accounts? Datek has cheap no load trade fees of 9.95. They charge 40.00 a year for custodian fees and 25.00 to set it up. I received the following email on Friday. ============================== IMPORTANT INVESTOR NOTICE: SURETRADE strives to provide the most comprehensive internet brokerage services online at only $7.95 per trade. Now you can open an IRA account with a guarantee that there will be no annual maintenance fees -- for life. Trades will be commissioned at SURETRADE's normal rate. Since the new year, there has been tremendous interest in both traditional and ROTH IRA accounts. In response, SURETRADE has enhanced its IRA program by eliminating all annual maintenance fees -- for life -- and streamlining the account application process. Now a single IRA application form can be used to open either a traditional, or ROTH, IRA account. To open your IRA account, you can either request that we mail you an application: suretrade.com or you can print out an application form yourself using a PDF file format: suretrade.com The latter alternative will require the Adobe Acrobat file reader available here: adobe.com Once completed, simply return the signed application, with a check, to: SURETRADE, Inc. P.O. Box 98 Bowling Green Station New York, NY 10274-0098 As an industry leader, SURETRADE remains committed to providing you with the best research and lowest prices on the Internet. Now we have made it even easier to open an IRA account. Apply for your free-for-life IRA account today! Very truly yours, Don Montanaro President SURETRADE, Inc. P.S. If you have already opened an IRA account with SURETRADE, you will automatically qualify for this offer. No further action is necessary on your part. P.S.S. Since this is one of the first times we have sent an investor's notice to our entire customer base we are not sure of your willingness to receive this kind of information. If you do not wish to receive notifications in the future, type NO NOTICE in the subject area of your response.