Online Brokers 2000: How They Stack Up on Complex Trades, Commissions, Real-Time Market and Company News

Online traders may demand more from their brokers than they do from their spouses.

Our respondents ranked not one, not two, but nine features of online brokers as above average in importance when choosing an online broker. When it comes to individual relationships with brokers, everybody is high-maintenance. The two most important features, reliability and real-time quotes, are given special treatment. In a separate story, we examined the next four most important categories. In this piece, we look at the categories of complex trades, commissions and real-time market and company news. Plus, we throw in a word or two on options.

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