Hi Guys,
i will also attend you all for seminar tonight at 6.30 PM CST WEDNESDAY 28TH JANUARY 2009.
I never used chat feature here....
however will try...

talk to you all tonight.
bye
Wish

Good to see you back. I am sure you are having lots of fun with the new one and hope you are getting enough sleep at night :-)) I can definitely relate to you having been through myself in the recent past.

Chat in the next few days will be really great. How about Friday, Feb. 27 at 6:00 PM PST?

I havent been trading in the past few days due to work., Do you think worst is over??

Hi Pappu, thanks for all the great info.

Did you consider any ETF's as an alternate to the Mutual Funds you just mentioned., like DIA, QQQQ or SPY's. Arent they easy to sell intra-day rather than waiting for the close of business day.,

Maheshmail, I was also able to get $7 with TdAmeriTrade.

Chintu., waiting for your return.

I am still staying away from the market., Everyone else, please share your progress.,

4. Go With a Discount Broker: Full-service firms charge $30 or more for an online stock trade. But online brokers' fees average just $10, reports Aite Group, a financial research firm. We like E*Trade and TD Ameritrade for $10 trades. And be honest: Is your broker's research worth the extra 20 bucks?

Or, trade for free. ZeccoTrading gives you ten free stock trades per month if you maintain a minimum balance of $2,500. Wells Trade allows 100 free trades a year if you keep a total of $25,000 or more in Wells Fargo in almost all types of accounts.

Annual Savings: $240 (using a discount broker for one trade per month)

TOTAL ANNUAL INVESTING SAVINGS: $1,835

2. Keep Tabs on Your Trades: If you aren't an active trader, make sure you're not penalized by a broker who charges an "inactivity fee." For example, E*Trade charges investors who don't conduct any trades in a given three-month period $40 for the quarter.

Annual Savings: $160

3. Clone Your Favorite Manager: Sticking with no-load mutual funds is a strategy that can save thousands over time, and there is almost always a great no-load alternative to a load fund. For example, instead of shelling out a 4.75% load for Davis NY Venture A fund (NYVTX), go for the nearly identical Selected American Shares S fund (SLASX), which doesn't have a sales charge.

Annual Savings: $235
(avoiding a 4.75% load on a $5,000 investment)

Pay Less for Investing Costs

1. Slash Investing Costs They Drag Down Performance: The average diversified U.S. stock mutual fund charges 1.3% a year in expenses. If your fund isn't beating its benchmark (or you don't have the time to monitor actively managed funds), you're better off buying a low-cost index fund or ETF that hews to the benchmark. For instance, Fidelity Spartan 500 Index fund (symbol FSMKX), which tracks Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, has an annual expense ratio of just 0.10%. And indexing isn't a compromise strategy. Managers of many top pension funds and endowments swear by it.

Annual Savings: $1,200
(based on cutting expenses from 1.3% to 0.10% on a $100,000 portfolio)

some tips I read on
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/106584/Save-$50-a-Day-(and-Feel-No-Pain);_ylt=Aua_Grjd0PBm5IqQNte31Isy0tIF

Chintu, will there be any chat on Saturday or Sunday??

Thx

Thanks for the info. I am going to just wait and in the mean while i will try to reduce the brokerage with TD for my existing account.