I broke up with my broker today. Lee. Been with me for six years. Seen my total portfolio with him go up 80% and down 90% in that short time. He’s given me some good advice (HRPT Properties) and some bad advice (BGEN, SNDK – the latter of which was particularly smarty when he advised me to sell at 30 before the thing hit 60-something). Still, he was a good broker and I’d like to think a good friend too. Alas, these things can’t last forever. And at $60 a trade this was a big dog that just couldn’t hunt.
So, I’m at Ameritrade. At least, I’m in the mail to Ameritrade right now and in three weeks I’ll be joining the world of those blissfully trading online.