For DIY investors the takeaway remains: it is important to understand how the results of
online brokerage rankings are measured and what they are actually measuring.
To help introduce some clarity into this ranking landscape, we have put together a number of different special reviews of each of the major
discount brokerage rankings.
In this week's roundup, we take a look some of those twists, first by reviewing the latest
online brokerage rankings to be published.
Watch for our 2nd annual Canada's Best Discount
Brokerages ranking in forthcoming June 2014 issue of MoneySense.
TradeMonster, which recently merged with Options House, another popular online brokerage, was given four and a half stars in the 2014 Best Online
Brokerage rankings by Barron's, which gave such a high rating to only four online brokerages.
With the 2015 edition of the Globe and Mail discount
brokerage rankings published in December this year, it was interesting to see how all the major online brokerages fared over all the rankings.
In part one of this series, we looked at the background of the Globe and Mail discount
brokerage rankings as well as how they're structured and who they're targeted towards.
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With that in mind, it was interesting to see brokerages such as BMO InvestorLine back away from the $ 100,000 + deposit segment for the moment by retiring a deal geared towards that group and replace that deal link on their homepage with one that describes all of the recent discount
brokerage ranking awards they've won.
Lastly, several discount
brokerage rankings get published within the last calendar quarter of the year including the «JD Power Investor Satisfaction Survey», the «Online Broker Rankings» from Rob Carrick at the Globe and Mail and the Morningstar award for «Best Discount Broker».
In the previous set of
mobile brokerage rankings, two out the top three online brokerages were bank - owned brokerages however in 2017, BMO InvestorLine stood out as the only bank - owned brokerage in the top three.
Editor's note: Our «Top 100 Companies»
brokerage ranking reflects the industry norm, developed long before REALTOR ® Magazine began ranking brokerage companies, of counting the full sales price for each transaction side.
Colorado brokerages ranked ahead of The Group on the RISMedia list are Re / max Alliance / Equity Group in Denver, No. 13; LIV / Sierra / Summit Sotheby's International Realty in Denver, No. 16; Re / max Professional in Lakewood, No. 72; and Keller Williams Realty Brian Smith Management in Denver, No. 101.
«This makes us the # 1 company at the Toronto Real Estate Board, if you define the category as
independent brokerages ranked by number of salespeople.»
Right At Home Realty recently announced that it has attained the
top brokerage ranking in the Greater Toronto Area based on combined units sold.
We were honoured to receive first - place online
brokerage rankings by The Globe and Mail, MoneySense and Surviscor, along with a high customer satisfaction rating from J.D. Power.
Following the release of the Globe and Mail's Canadian
online brokerage rankings, several Canadian discount brokerages have ramped up their marketing efforts, highlighting in particular their status as the best Canadian online brokerage.
As we head into the end of the year, there is still one more major
brokerage ranking (the Globe and Mail 2015 discount brokerage ranking) to go.
In the first part of our special series on discount
brokerage rankings and reviews, we take a look at one of the most popular consumer research organizations, J.D. Power and Associates, and their annual survey of self - directed investors» impressions of Canadian discount brokerages known as the Investor Satisfaction survey.
Of note, the Morningstar awards for best online brokerage are structured around several of the criteria used in the Surviscor discount
brokerage rankings.
Introduction In the first part of our special series on discount
brokerage rankings and reviews, we take a look at one of the most popular consumer research organizations, J.D. Power and Associates, and their annual survey of self - directed investors» impressions of Canadian discount brokerages known as the Investor Satisfaction survey.
This year's J.D. Power & Associates» Canadian discount
brokerage rankings were recently announced.
While the discount
brokerage rankings might argue otherwise, there's clearly a growing perception that a bank - owned online brokerage is a bank - owned online brokerage.
In this edition of the roundup, I look at the big news in discount
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In the first of our multi-part special series on this year's discount
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Brokerage Rankings — Part 1
After the addition of RSP and TFSA accounts to Interactive Brokers Canada and the regular feedback from DIY investors to include Interactive Brokers Canada in the highly popular Globe and Mail online
brokerage rankings, the combination of low pricing and popularity with DIY investors (at least the most active ones), might bode well for bringing Interactive Brokers Canada into the spotlight alongside the dozen or so other online brokerages regularly included in the review.
On the heels of the results from the annual Globe and Mail Canadian Discount
Brokerage rankings, the 2012 Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards were handed out on November 28th and included a «Best Discount Brokerage» category.
This year's online
brokerage rankings were made available only to subscribers of the Globe and Mail, so on a number of levels, Qtrade Investor publishing the article in its entirety (with permission from the Globe and Mail) means that curious readers can find the full text of the rankings without having to pay for a Globe and Mail subscription.
In addition, the recent Globe and Mail online
brokerage rankings will also help amplify their position in the market place.
First, we dive in with a look at the response to the Globe and Mail online
brokerage rankings and how Canada's online brokers have cleverly found ways to shine a light on their perceived strengths.
By understanding the process behind the discount
brokerage rankings, investors can decide for themselves if the award is actually more of a marketing tool or if it reflects positive performance in an area (or in areas) that matter to them.
We've achieved so much since 2009; improving our services, commission structures, trading platforms and climbing up in
brokerage rankings.
On the eve of the Globe and Mail online
brokerage rankings, this latest pricing drop may just be big enough to steal some of the spotlight away from whichever brokerage (bank - owned or independent) wins the coveted title of «best online brokerage».
With any discount
brokerage ranking or rating, is important to be clear on what is being measured.
Numbers don't lie and it seems like they're anything but concerned about not being ranked by a Canadian ranking as they nailed top spot in Barrons» 2015 online
brokerage ranking.
As we've mentioned on several occasions with
all brokerage rankings and ratings, the importance of understanding what is being measured and the method by which it is measured is key to really understanding what these numbers mean.
Five other brokerages would also go on to redesign their websites, and, even though Desjardins» website did not receive high praise in the Globe and Mail online
brokerage rankings, the design and user experience considerations that went into the Desjardins Online Brokerage site were thoughtful and trendsetting for 2015.
Regionally, however, Interactive Brokers continued to get frozen out of
the brokerage rankings throughout the year so despite being a firm that now caters to less active investors and those seeking registered accounts, their «trader» reputation seems to be working against them.
Whether or not the two points are related is hard to say, however September was also the month in which the JD Power discount
brokerage rankings were published.