From new branding, to new pricing, to new features, this week’s Roundup covers exciting developments at online brokerages on both sides of the border. Dive in to read more about customer service at Robinhood, the launch of CI Direct Trading, and BMO adviceDirect’s move to make their service more accessible to online investors.

This edition of the Roundup reviews TD Direct Investing’s latest feature, the TD Direct Investing Index, followed by important updates on the zero-commission trading conversation in the online brokerage space. Be sure to check out updates on new features at Questrade and Wealthsimple Trade too.

More big news unfolding on the zero-commission trading front. We explore the latest move by Desjardins Online Brokerage as well as comments from TD Direct Investing on the move to eliminate commissions. Also, there are more new features available on SparxTrading.com to help self-directed investors research investor feedback on online brokerages and scan deals and promos more efficiently.

The big news this week: National Bank Direct Brokerage dropped their commissions to zero, ushering in a new chapter in the Canadian online brokerage industry. Find out more and for a view on where things go next.

This edition of the Roundup is filled to the brim with new feature announcements from Qtrade Direct Investing and Wealthsimple Trade, as well as an elusive promotion from RBC Direct Investing that was spotted in the wild. Tune in for all the updates from these online brokerages as well as the chatter from DIY investor forums.

Another week and even more new features from Canadian online brokerages. Read about the big news on fractional share trading from Wealthsimple Trade as well as inactivity fees being eliminated at Interactive Brokers.

From new active trading tools to credit cards, research tools, and even cryptocurrency, this week it’s all about the new features launched by Canadian online brokerages.

New features continue to surface at online brokerages. Find out what Interactive Brokers founder Thomas Peterffy revealed in a recent interview. Also, be sure to check out possible sightings of one brokerage testing fractional shares.

In focus this week, more online brokerage data. Check out a deep dive on the 2021 MoneySense online brokerage rankings, including an interesting discovery about the connection between commission pricing and service experience.

This Roundup features a big announcement on commission-free ETFs at BMO InvestorLine and the latest results from the Canadian online brokerage rankings. Dive into data and the latest trends emerging for DIY investors in this edition.

The DIY investing datapalooza continues this month. Check out the latest in-depth review of online brokerage pricing to find out which brokerages rank as the cheapest, and why measuring cost isn’t quite as simple as it sounds.

This week, we review the rebrand and launch of Qtrade Direct Investing, including how their new logo, colour scheme, and design direction are changing what an online brokerage in Canada looks and sounds like.

A commission price drop from a bank-owned online brokerage is adding to the pressure for other Canadian brokerages to lower rates. Deal activity might be springing back to life soon, which is good news for DIY investors.

After RRSP season, deals generally pull back, but this year there might be more deals activity coming in the spring. Also, a new online brokerage is coming to Canada soon(ish).

Many offers from Canadian bank-owned online brokerages will expire in early March however Wealthsimple Trade has launched a new contest linked to their referral offer.

It’s fitting that after so much discussion about “shorts” in the news, we also now have a short(er) trading week upon us. With one fewer trading day, it also means the deadline for RRSP contributions is ticking closer, adding to the pressure that is evidently already building at Canadian online brokerages this month. In this […]

February is now well underway. In case you might have missed it, a forty-something quarterback managed to nab yet another Super Bowl win, and for the moment, it appears that the forty-something-plus crowd on Wall Street managed to squeeze out a win over the younger investors – at least for now. History is in the […]

Just because the month is short, doesn’t mean we can’t be long on fun! From Lunar New Year to Valentine’s Day to Family Day, there is much cause for celebration – with safe social distancing in mind, of course. Another reason for DIY investors to rejoice: there’s still time to meet the RRSP contribution deadline […]

So. Much. To. Unpack. Unlike most pundits this week, we’re not going to talk about GameStonks, at least not in the kind of depth we normally would. No, for the moment we’ll save the commentary for the forum chatter and DIY investor feedback from Twitter. There’s plenty on the menu for this edition of the […]

Sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade. 2021 is shaping up to be more of a hangover than a do-over. Now that we are just over 2% into the new year, the road ahead is clearly bumpy. Thankfully, with talk of new promos and the finer points of design choices, we have […]