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

To: Spytrdr who wrote (6375)	5/8/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Otimer	Respond to of 13953

News-part of an e-mail I recieved from E-Trade Australia-ETRADE Group, Inc. in the US has now signed licence agreements covering 32 countries around the world. This global franchise has been developed with the vision of establishing a global cross-border trading community. A major benefit for ETRADE Australia's clients is that they will be the first in the world to utilise this network. We plan to offer the ability to trade US securities online in the second half of this year. Over time, other foreign markets will be made available from our website.

To: Spytrdr who wrote (6375)	5/8/1999 11:37:00 PM
From: ecommerceman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13953

Spytrader--Thanks for the article, but I have to admit that it seems to me to the usual crap from the Economist--full of opinions that are not well-founded. This sentence really killed me: "Successful online investors may well switch to a full-service firm for some personal attention." Yeah, right. Folks who have been successful doing their own trades for far less money are now going to turn to full-service, expensive brokers because they want "some personal attention." Please. If you're successful doing it on your own, the last thing you're going to do is go to a full-service broker who is going to charge you hundreds of dollars to make the same trade that you can do on your own for $20. I bet you can count on one hand the successful online traders who have gone to a full-service broker--it just doesn't make sense.