Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I switched 90% of my portfolio to mutual funds three years ago. The other 10% I trade on my own. It is less stressful and I have more time to do things left on our bucket list. This has worked out well for me and my wife.
Life is too short.
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"I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it." -Thomas Jefferson |
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I went to Schwab's website today and they have a sample of how to place an order online. It's a small box that's crowded with information in very small print. That's their teaching tool but it seems like something is missing. There are no written instructions, no checklist of what to do.
Example of written instructions might be as follows: 1) Fill in the name or symbol of the company: "GE", "PFE" or other. 2) Number of shares to be purchased or sold 3) Price limit 4) Click here to submit your order: * 5) Wait for online confirmation But there are no written instructions at all. How much would it cost them to do that and make every step perfectly clear? I started an online "chat" with someone at Schwab and he tried to be helpful but nothing worked. He gave me a couple of links but the examples given had small print that was too small to read. One link didn't work at all. I should say that I don't have an account yet. That might help, but I just happen to think that it would be nice to know in advance. Why I doubt it when people say that it's easy: Everything is easy once you have learned it. :-) |
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Software Trading - Place Trades: Active Trader: Charles Schwab |
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NEVER. place orders at MARKET...use LIMIT orders.
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Another question: I was told by someone at Schwab that brokerage accounts are insured up to $149 million per account. That sounds too good to be true. I tried to find it on their website but couldn't. What is your understanding of the amount of insurance coverage? How much are they insured for over the standard SIPC coverage of $500,000.? |
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My recommendation to open an account with an online broker (Scottrade, E-trade, etc,) that that offers virtual trading and play until you heart is content. I will cost nothing.
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Thanks, that's very good advice that I unfortunately learned the hard way when I first started investing. But it doesn't hurt to be reminded of it.
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Schw has an office in the villages
l would go to the office for help |
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I opened an account with Schwab a couple of weeks ago. Today, after the market closed, I submitted my first buy order for some shares of stock. But now I don't know how to check the status of my order. I would like to check it after the market opens tomorrow. Can anyone tell me how that's done?
I'm making progress but still have questions. ![]() ![]() Last edited by Villages PL; 12-12-2013 at 02:34 PM. |
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ditto
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