Anybody used Fidelity CD ladder?

[oneslip]

Brokerage firms are continually lowering costs- a company such as Fido is large enough by scale to be able to offer perks etc. as a loss leader but c'mon $4.95 a trade and they have to give away free trades-


I realize this is the game, it highlights how desperate the industry is to gain share but I suspect the large players will squeeze out smaller ones & consolidation is in the near future.

[mathjak107]

it is a very competitive business ... especially for those who trade .... in an active year i can have 150- 200 trades and for me this is just fun .. i will buy something like the dogs of the dow and trade it .. that can be 20 trades in and out alone .

[Hal Roach]

fidelity charges international transaction fees if you travel abroad with their card, but some of the others will freeze your account if they determine you are trading from abroad. I got a 4%, 13 year from hsbc last november through fidelity.