I did have a good laugh from the things that I bought from there, though. But yeah, that was a real waste.
Select from a number of convenient ways to fund your account ($1,000 minimum for cash accounts and $2,000 for margin accounts)
Looks like etrade is out of my ballfield. Anyone else have some suggestions?
Dont do it.
With anything less than $1000 (even then, I'd say thats ALMOST pointless) you're not going to make much of a return unless you get in on the ground floor of something (Google, Yahoo, etc).
My 2 $2,000(ea.) CDs have made $110 in...I think about a year, or just shy.
Just save up til you have a more substantial amount to invest, and then, do it in mutual funds. Look into a Roth IRA (you can put your money there, "before taxes" to deduct from your income, and it is tax sheltered til you withdrawl it...and even then it may be tax exempt depending upon when it is taken out & what it is used on).
I have a $4,000 Roth IRA account and am about to go add another $4,000 over to it so that my taxes end up being cheaper (dear God, maybe I need an accountant with these 51099's + Roth IRA)