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To: bodie who wrote (13012)	12/23/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

I've had real good service with Schwab. Its easy to run my 401K with them, and I don't trade enough to make it worth fighting with the on-line brokers. I sure hear enough "bad" about them on these threads. I wouldn't go near the "numb-nut" ones like Prudential.

To: bodie who wrote (13012)	12/23/1998 9:51:00 PM
From: Frank Griffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

E-Trade. Economical, many services and features and very responsive. Best wishes, Frank

To: bodie who wrote (13012)	12/23/1998 10:37:00 PM
From: Cosmo Daisey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

bodie, I have accounts at e-trade and datek. I have better trading at Datek than e-trade and free real time quotes, more research than I can use or need and trade confirmation on mkt orders in 60 secs. E-Trade front trades your order. If you put a market order in and the stock is at 115 they fill the order immediately and wait several minutes to notify you. If the price moves up they confirm the trade at the higher price and keep the spread. If the price moves down you pay the price of the stock at the time you entered the order. I have been with e-trade since before the internet and they have been a problem always. They used to trade through other brokers who front traded their customers. Now they do it themselves. Use limit orders only if you trade with e-trade. I have entered trade discrepency reports so many times I have lost count. I won all but one because I had real time quotes and would see my order go by at a price immediately following my order and then get a fill at a different price. I checked this by entering odd size orders like 700 shs. Most trades are one, two, three, five, and 1000. I also ckecked time and sales data at the time I entered the order. They corrected the price and always had a lame excuse about the market maker. They are the market maker most of the time and their statements have a code number showing how the trade was handeled. My managed accounts are with them and it's hard to change brokers once they are set up. Paperwork and explaining to clients that they have been screwed for years is not something I want to deal with. cdaiseyPhD@panthion_fund.com