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Non-Tech : E*Trade (NYSE:ET) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Boplicity who wrote (3313)	7/20/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Rick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

ETrade is currently my single largest position and I think the risk/reward is very favorable for the next few months. I also have an account with ETrade, and I must admit I have had my share of dissappointments (putting it mildly) with the electronic and human broker service. I have nearly left for Web Street twice. I probably average 1-2 trades per trading day. I have decided to stay, mainly based on the Robertson Stephens research in the Professional Edge service, and the potential to access IPO's. I also have seen improvement in response time, executions, and responsiveness of human brokers. Even when the service pissed me off, I still felt good about the investment. It's kind of like AOL - the service was horrible for a period, and frankly I wouldn't use their service, but it sure has been a hell of an investment. I expect, at minimum, E*Trade will be a good investment, and hopefully the service will be outstanding as they iron out the bugs in the infrastructure. Cheers. Rick.