Recent Content by twcarey

  1. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    Here's what happened with the big table, and why IB was inadvertantly left out. When I originally put the table together, Harris Direct was...
    Post by: twcarey, Mar 25, 2002 in forum: Retail Brokers

  2. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    the commissions shown are for a 500-share transaction for an account with $100,000 in assets. So many brokers have sliding scales and varying...
    Post by: twcarey, Mar 25, 2002 in forum: Retail Brokers

  3. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    Thanks for the ideas, everybody. Definitely a lot of food for thought. -- T.
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 24, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  4. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    Here's the gory detail on exactly what goes into the rankings. Merely saying the names of the various categories doesn't give the full picture....
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 21, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  5. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    I love Hong Kong -- I've been there a few times and thoroughly enjoyed it. My most recent trip was courtesy of Barron's actually. They dragged...
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 21, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  6. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    Norske, multiple rankings based on type of trader is a scheme we've been discussing. I also want to make user-defined re-rankings possible on the...
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 20, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  7. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    If any of you happened to read the complete series, you'll see that trade execution is very important. I'm just amazed at how little you know...
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 19, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    cdntrader, I appreciate your comment. One thing I forgot to point out in my earlier post was that I have a specific audience in mind for the...
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 18, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers

  9. Barrons 7/2/01: Direct Access Showdown

    As the author of the Barron's online broker rankings, I find it somewhat amusing that people will judge my work based on out-of-context quotes...
    Post by: twcarey, Jul 18, 2001 in forum: Retail Brokers