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Good online stockbroker?

Already use TD Waterhouse but dont want to be overexposed to one company.

Anyone as good as TD Waterhouse?

Shares held in trust,,how safe are they ??

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  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    Shares are safe with any reputable broker, they belong to you.
    Do you trade or Invest?
    Or better question how many trades do you do per month as it can affect costs with some brokers. I wouldn't be too worried about TD Waterhouse as they are owned by Toronto Dominion of Canada.
    If they are good, then I imagine so are Selftrade and E-Trade.
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
  • zedyy
    zedyy Posts: 149 Forumite
    Self trade is good, i hear.
  • theGrinch
    theGrinch Posts: 3,133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    has anyone used hoodless brennan or the motley fool service?
    "enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
  • Pssst
    Pssst Posts: 4,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I thought the shares were held in nominee accounts and that you,the purachser,didnt actually appear as the beneficial owner on the register?
  • tradetime
    tradetime Posts: 3,200 Forumite
    Pssst wrote: »
    I thought the shares were held in nominee accounts and that you,the purachser,didnt actually appear as the beneficial owner on the register?
    Under a Nominee account the shares are registered in the name of the broker, but you retain ownership of them, the legal specifics of that i don't know as I'm not a lawyer, but you are the owner under law as I understand it.
    Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!

    "Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown
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