Question

• Analyze three online trading sites, and determine the requirements for trading, including the price per trade.
• Evaluate the amortization schedule you completed. What role does the amortization schedule play in your organization?
• Evaluate three companies (look for investor information) that offer DIPs or DRIPs. Why is the relevant?
• Evaluate US Treasuries, Municipal Bonds, and Corporate Bonds. Why is this relevant to an organization?

Answer 1

• Analyze three online trading sites, and determine the requirements for trading, including the price per trade.
  • Robinhood platform for the beginners. This platform is user friendly and no commission is charged. It provides interface via mobile app as well as website, making a good option for new learners in the stock market. This interface deals with stocks, ETFs and options.
  • Allyinvest is a cost effective platform. Their fee structure is very competitive in the market, $4.95. At $ 4.95 with no inactivity charge and $ 50 full outgoing transfer fee is charged by the company. This interface don't give option of future trading.
  • Etrade is little costly than Allyinvest, charging $ 6.95 for stock, ETFs at $ 6.95 plus 75 cents per contract for options. But this interface provides volume discount.
• Evaluate the amortization schedule you completed. What role does the amortization schedule play in your organization?
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  • Amortization schedule is similar to depreciation schedule in which amount decreases over a period of time. This helps company to compute their amortized loan's periodic payment. As these payments are spread over the period of the loan, the company require a schedule to make such payments. This schedule provide the payments details and their frequency. Also compute the balance to be pay and the number of payments in which loan amount is to be paid.
• Evaluate three companies (look for investor information) that offer DIPs or DRIPs. Why is the relevant?
  • DIPs or DRIPs accounts help investor to buy stocks without a broker and provide a low cost option.