Note: This promotion has expired! Good news for anybody who wants to get in the stock market now. Online broker TradeKing has extended its $50 new account bonus through November. Here are the details:
If you’ve been thinking about starting to invest in stocks on your own, now’s looking like a good time to “buy low”. Online broker TradeKing is offering new traders a $50 bonus after your first trade…but it’ll end on November 30, 2008! Featuring $4.95 trades, TradeKing is consistently given high marks in SmartMoney magazine’s annual broker survey, including a win this year for best customer service.



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I just opened an account with Trade King, the only drawback so far, is that it doesn’t work with Mint, and I had trouble depositing funds via ACH wire, and had to send a check via snail mail. It seems failry user friendly.
Cool, thanks for sharing. Weird about the trouble with ACH—though I’m not surprised about the compatibility with Mint. My guess is it will take a while for a lot of financial institutions—especially brokerages and the like to play nice with Mint and similar sites.