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[Hateshorts]

come on td..yesturdy everythibg in my account was converted to us and tody i cant get quotes on the mobile app.. What gives

[coffeelover1]

they are struggling badly.  i'm really thinking of chaging tdwaterhouse to something else more reliable.   any suggestions?

[WillyWally]

I've been using Questrade for many years and I love it.

[Aminvestor1234]

coffeelover1: Another problem that I noticed with TDWaterhouse is when converting currency between $CDN and $US, they charge a premium/discount of 1.5% to 2%. HSBC InvestDirect does not appear to charge anything and their commission is $6.88.

[WillyWally]

I really doubt any of the Canadian brokers doesn't charge the FX commission. Sometimes it's there it's just not clearly stated. 

[FingBucko]

Re: premium exchange charges - I was told by TD rep that there is a way around it. To move US funds to CDN account and you were intending to purchase a dual listed stock take advantage and buy it on the US side and move the stock over it will automatically convert to the CDN listed stock and no exchange premium. Cheers!

[Aminvestor1234]

FingBucko: When you said buy it on the US side I assume you meant buy it in you US account, then transfer your stock from the US account to your Cdn account. Which means you owe the purchase price in $US in the US account that you will be paying for in $CDN. That's when they hit you with the charge. Am I missing something?

[FingBucko]

Aminvestor1234, I think actually I made an assumption that You already had $ in one account or another and was wishing to transfer it to another account.  Ill just give you the example I had and the TD rep explained to me how to get around the Fx charge. Lets use TD BANK shares as an example : I had $$ in my US account, which was still pending settlement, and wanted to buy TD shares on the

[Aminvestor1234]

FingBucko: Thanks for the info. Learn some thing new every day.

[FingBucko]

Everything in my CDN account that traded also in USD on an American exchange was converted to the US stock value since it actually did trade that day but only in the US as it was a long weekend in Canada and the markets were closed up here. I liked the fact that it reflected actual value at the close of the trading day. But I had to decide I liked it and wasn't sure for a few minutes lol. It