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Advantages: easy to use, inexpensive, informative
Disadvantages: none--unless you don't want to invest in anything

I am new to the online investing thing. OK, I admit, I'm new to investing of any kind, period. When I realized I was getting older and needed to do something about the fact that I had no real plan for retirement, I asked my brother about online investment. He told me a great place to start was BuyandHold.com. I looked into it and found that for a minute investment of $20/month, you can purchase stock. If you choose what they call EZ Vest, it's only ...
...their unlimited trade option, it's a $9.99/month fee, but trades are unlimited. I found the cost of this service to be quite economical and the site is so easy to navigate. Next thing I found great was the fact that all the information provided on the site was set up for the beginning investor. There are tons of articles written on several ways to invest and whether you should do long term investment or short term, they define all the stock market ... Read review

Advantages: Easy to use interface, reliable service.
Disadvantages: Slightly higher commission charge.

I will explain a stockbroker that I have found to be very useful. They provide a very effective and effecient service. There was the need to use these exact words as they these days it is very hard to give merit to a company. A few years ago, I started dealing in shares. The interest came to me, when I started studying a module called Economics at University. I was just fascinated by the business world out there. I do have to state that this is ...
...will be aware, these companies have shattered the business world. So, I started researching into companies and for stockbroker. I went through all the big names first, such as Barclays stockbrokers, Charles Schwabb, Hargreaves Lansdowns, StockAcademy and TD Waterhouse. I realised that all of these stockbrokers were charging similar commission charges. There was the need to differentiate between the stockbrokers in terms of which one would be suited ... Read review

Advantages: afx news/delayed trades
Disadvantages: expensive

i traded a few times in the past with nv. expensive charges for no special service. the site is basic in contents apart from afx news/delayed trades which you can join for free to access. the so much hyped access to flotations a few months ago proved to be absolute rubbish in terms of quality and quantity. i have stopped using them a fair while ago due to charges and no grat service. have sent emails to them in the past requesting general help re; ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Unreliable

I tried to register with Hopeless Brennan, but the very first time I activated my account the system failed when I tried to enter my bank details. When I phoned them they got the same result when they entered the information at their end, so the problem was not with my PC as they at first tried to claim. If their system could not even deal with this, then I had no confidence in it, and asked them to delete my account. Even that was a palaver! They ... Read review

Advantages: Non above other providers
Disadvantages: No customer service phone, £60 charge to close account. Hard to withdraw YOUR money.

I have decided NOT to open an account with this company. WHY? Well see if you can find a phone number to talk to them directly about any problems or questions you may have. I couldn't! An email reply that took 8 hours to receive told me they would give me a number for their traders room WHEN I had opened an account. Would you buy a car without seeing it first? ( And this line is to traders only .... it is NOT a customer help line, this still has ...
...with them to open an account. If you decide their service is not for you they will charge you £60 for closing the account!!! Would you hand over £60 to test drive that car you may not want? If you want to withdraw your own hard earned money from their account you need to download and fill in a form, then post it to them, then wait. How quaint in an modern world. I thought the point of electronic internet trading was to speed things up, not step ... Read review