Lessons From 2008: 7 Reasons Not To Use Human Brokers
Posted by Timothy Sykes on Tue 27th of Jan, 2009 08:25:59 AM
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1. By and large, human brokers cannot be trusted
2. Online discount brokers are sooooooo much cheaper
3. If you’re reading this, you’re probly poor—worth less than $100,000—your stock/option/currency orders are tiny, you can do themselves and save commission $
4. Brokers don’t have “good” information, they just want commissions, if their information is really excellent, be suspicious, don’t get mixed up in any inside information stuff
5. You don’t want to rely on others for your finances, ever
6. Emerging technologies like blogs, Covestor and StockTwits are making useful information widespread
7. Screening tools and advanced analytics find potential trades/investments like no human ever could
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| Nov 4 | COT | $8.66 | $8.88 | $642 |
| Nov 4 | QXM | $4.61 | $4.89 | $822 |
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| Oct 23 | RODM | $5.27 | $5.23 | $301 |
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| Oct 13 | YONG | $11.05 | $11.66 | $1202 |
| Oct 13 | NPHC | $0.59 | $0.71 | $583 |
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| Oct 1 | NPHC | $0.70 | $0.85 | $1482 |
Total: $92,304 (644%)
