It's a way to keep up with the markets and prospective investment opportunities, and a good excuse to see how
your portfolio at the discount broker is measuring up against other investments.
Not exact matches
Using personal characteristics and
portfolio / trading data from tens of thousands of individual brokerage accounts
at a major U.S.
discount broker for the period 1/91-12 / 96, they conclude that:
You can buy into these funds just like you would buy any U.S. stock through your
broker or online
discount brokerage, said James Telfser, an associate
portfolio manager
at Caldwell Investment Management in Toronto.
As a stock investor, you could go the mutual fund route with great names like Vanguard, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, and T. Rowe Price, but to add some flexibility to your
portfolio at really affordable transaction rates, you may also be interested in signing up with an online
discount broker.
Finally, you can always invest in a short term bond fund in your own
portfolio at a low cost
discount broker.