Freeman Welwood

Pros: Prompt, courteous people. Local offices. Check writing!
Cons: Not the lowest prices

A home for the moderate investor

What kind of investor am I? I'm not a wacko, off-the-scale day trader, but I do have some margin debt. I'm a buy-and-hold kinda guy who needs a good place to handle a raft of investment and retirement...

Pros: pricing, customer service, quality account information
Cons: narrow services, vanilla web site

I have to say that my experiences with Freeman Welwood (FW) have been very positive. The trading web site is not for someone looking for something fancy; it's not E*Trade. When it comes to execution, pricing and service with a person when needed, it also...

Pros: User friendly web-site
Cons: Unreliable web-site, poor customer service, slow execution.

I have been a customer of Freeman Welwood's for about a year. I should start by saying I'm using an IBM Pentium III 600mgz computer with 256
SDram with a 256K Cisco modem with a DSL connection for my trading activities.

Freeman Welwood...

Pros: great combo of broker and banking services
Cons: commissions could be a tad lower

Freeman Welwood is not for one-track minded people. If a checking account is all you're looking for, I can suggest another one that's great. If you want to spend your day just buying and selling stocks, maybe Datek or E*Trade is your best bet....

Pros: accurate, courteous, helpful
Cons: none

My husband and I have been account holders with Freeman Welwood for approximately ten years. They have always been friendly, courteous and helpful when we are placing an order to buy or sell. They are a discount broker and are not required to give any...