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  • 04-09-2003 11:45am
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    jay567
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭


    Hello,

    New to the boards site, want to see if anyone has any information on buying stocks. Trying to buy stock in a US company from here and the costs are huge. Anyone know any tricks around this? There is a web site based out of the uk, £14.99 per trade regardless of how many stocks you buy, but you got to have a uk bank account to use this.

    Any help would be great!

    j


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    #2
    Kappar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭Kappar


    Don't know if this is any use to you never tried it myself so can't comment https://www.sharebuilder.com/ If you use it report back and say how it went


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    jay567
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭jay567


    Hi,

    Thanks for that, went through the steps to reg, but u have got to be a US citizen :( .
    so it would allow us to go through. The is a site from the UK called E-trade but u have to have an account based out of the UK.

    again, thanks anyhow!


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    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    You can open an account with etrade.com with an Irish address. Watch out for their account maintenance fees if your account will hold less than $10k in value.

    Check out the 'Best Buys' list from Askaboutmoney.com for details of the cheapest Irish brokers.


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    De Rebel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭De Rebel


    I've been using etrade.com for 3 years, had no problems and the charges are very reasonable. If you opt for that tick yes to the bit that offers you a cheque book - when you sell your shares at an enormous profit its handy to be able to drop into your local bank, write yourself a dollar cheque for the amount you want to withdraw and lodge it. The for filling is a bit of a mountain at the outset, but its plain sailing after that.

    I have also bought and sold US shares using my goodbody online account. Not quite as seemless as etrade for US shares, and the charges are a bit higher, but if you were mainly interested in Irish/UK and only wanted the occasional US flutter its a simpler option.

    OK, so now we expect at least 3 hot tips in return for all this assistance............


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    marrakesh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 132 ✭✭marrakesh


    I have used etrade myself for a few years but am changing to internaxx.com drop them a line and they should be able to send you out a trading form. First 5 trades free free transfer of trades from existing stockbrokers and cheap trading rates. Also luxembourg has gentle tax laws if you know what i mean...


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