March 15, 1999
Barron's tested 21 brokers through their 'Net connections. We ranked them in the categories listed below, but gave extra weight to trade execution, reliability and range of services.
| Broker | Trade Execution | Ease of Use | Reliability/ Range | Amen- ities | Commis- sions | Weighted Total | Stars |
| DLJDirect | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 22.750 | **** |
| Discover | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20.750 | **** |
| National Discount Brokers | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20.750 | **** |
| Web Street Securities | 5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | 4 | 20.625 | **** |
| Datek | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18.500 | ***1/2 |
| E*Trade | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18.500 | ***1/2 |
| A.B. Watley "Ultimate" | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18.250 | ***1/2 |
| SureTrade | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18.250 | ***1/2 |
| Charles Schwab | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18.000 | *** |
| Muriel Siebert | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17.750 | *** |
| Waterhouse Securities | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17.750 | *** |
| Quick & Reilly | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17.250 | *** |
| Wall Street Electronica | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16.750 | *** |
| Brown & Co. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16.250 | *** |
| Fidelity | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16.250 | *** |
| AB Watley "Trader" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16.000 | **1/2 |
| Jack White | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14.250 | ** |
| Wall Street Access | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15.500 | ** |
| Mr. Stock | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15.000 | ** |
| Accutrade | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14.500 | ** |
| Net Investor | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14.500 | ** |
| Ameritrade | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14.250 | ** |
Weighted Total Calculation =1.25 x Trade Exec + 1.25 x Reliability + .5 x Commission + 1.0 x other factors
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