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Margin and Idle Cash Rates
The charts below show the rates brokers pay for idle cash and the rates they charge investors to borrow funds to buy stocks on margin.
| Basic Idle Cash Rates (As of 3/2/01) | ||||||
| Ameritrade | CSFBdirect | Datek | E*Trade | Fidelity | Schwab | TD Waterhouse |
| 4.70% | 4.99% | 4.00% | 4.83% | 4.20% | 5.25% | 5.18% |
| Source: Brokers | ||||||
Recent Comments
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| 10,388.90 | 1,105.98 | 2,194.35 | 34.83 |
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