Recent content by duggo

So that may be why OptionsXpress stated when I asked them last month if they would accept Cdn residents: "We accept unsolicited foreign accounts. "..............and they certainly did!!

I asked them this same question about a month ago. Their reply was only that they were intending to. I interpret this as being very early in the process. However, if sufficient brokers in the US take up the task, maybe, just maybe, something might start moving with the Canadian foot dragging...

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Received from Datek today: By now you may already be aware of the efforts that Datek Online Holdings Corp. is engaging in to open a Canadian affiliate ("Datek Canada") of Datek Online Financial Services LLC ("DOFS"). We know that there is tremendous interest among Canadians to benefit from...

Dufferdon was wondering where Datek and other brokers were in this snail-like process. Here is the latest generality from Datek as of today: "Although Datek does not currently have a presence within Canada, we are making every effort to do so." duggo