Comments on: Bank of America Offering Free Trades http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:04:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: jt hobbs http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-141435 jt hobbs Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:18:03 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-141435 what if you're like me, and don't have the $25k and can't get free boa trades. would you still take a chance with zecco? what if you’re like me, and don’t have the $25k and can’t get free boa trades. would you still take a chance with zecco?

]]> By: Fotuton http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-31910 Fotuton Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:18:13 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-31910 As far as the 30 trades per month not being conducive to a sound investment strategy...think about this! Dollar cost averaging. It's like having Sharebuilder but without the pesky fees. i'm pretty sure you can get a decent portfolio of stocks a la Sharebuilder without having to pay their $4 or their subscription fees. Now, THAT is a deal! As far as the 30 trades per month not being conducive to a sound investment strategy…think about this! Dollar cost averaging. It’s like having Sharebuilder but without the pesky fees. i’m pretty sure you can get a decent portfolio of stocks a la Sharebuilder without having to pay their $4 or their subscription fees. Now, THAT is a deal!

]]> By: zook http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-31861 zook Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:46:49 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-31861 I just wanted to add in with what you guys were saying...All its takes is a simple phone call to BOA to increase your interest rate on your savings account... They aren't going to be proactive and tell all of their customers that they will now bump their interest rates up, which stinks but thats the world we live in, but when the CUSTOMER calls, they do help you fit into a better account with better rate... I had a large sum of change sitting in one of my savings accounts with them and it was like .50% a YEAR...I then made a call and they got me up 3.50% just by calling...Not great, but a substantial increase/... Now that I heard about 5.11% I will be making another call as well... :o) Thanks guys... I just wanted to add in with what you guys were saying…All its takes is a simple phone call to BOA to increase your interest rate on your savings account…

They aren’t going to be proactive and tell all of their customers that they will now bump their interest rates up, which stinks but thats the world we live in, but when the CUSTOMER calls, they do help you fit into a better account with better rate…

I had a large sum of change sitting in one of my savings accounts with them and it was like .50% a YEAR…I then made a call and they got me up 3.50% just by calling…Not great, but a substantial increase/…

Now that I heard about 5.11% I will be making another call as well… :o ) Thanks guys…

]]> By: Marshall http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-31820 Marshall Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:58:29 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-31820 This is big news! Bank of America is the first major financial institution to offer free trading. Zecco.com also offers some free trades, but it is still relatively new. Hopefully other banks will follow. Hopefully this will make the stock market more accessible to small investors myself. This is big news! Bank of America is the first major financial institution to offer free trading. Zecco.com also offers some free trades, but it is still relatively new. Hopefully other banks will follow. Hopefully this will make the stock market more accessible to small investors myself.

]]> By: JM http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-31648 JM Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:55:53 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-31648 To add to what Chuck says, if you are a member of NEA, the deal is even sweeter. I think it's 5.37% for balances over $500. And you get a 60 day promotional rate of 6.37% To add to what Chuck says, if you are a member of NEA, the deal is even sweeter. I think it’s 5.37% for balances over $500. And you get a 60 day promotional rate of 6.37%

]]> By: Chuck http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html/comment-page-1#comment-31640 Chuck Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:44:57 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/bank-of-america-offering-free-trades.html#comment-31640 Bank of America also has a high yield AAA Cash Maximizer Savings account that pays 5.11% APY on balances from 10k-50k (5.37% for balances over) which I am pretty sure count towards the 25k min balance as well. Bank of America also has a high yield AAA Cash Maximizer Savings account that pays 5.11% APY on balances from 10k-50k (5.37% for balances over) which I am pretty sure count towards the 25k min balance as well.

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