BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 22, 2000 ISSUE
COVER STORY

Wireless Trading Places


BROKER                   PRICE*         DEVICES

AMERICA FIRST TRADER     No charge      Palm VII
www.aftrader.com

AMERITRADE               No charge      Sprint Web phones
www.ameritrade.com

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS     No charge      Palm VII, Sprint
www.fidelity.com                        phones, RIM pager

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN      $69 signup,    Palm III (requires
WITTER                   $82-92/mo.**   $219 modem)
www.msdw.com

SURETRADE                $30 signup,    All the Palms,
www.suretrade.com        $30/mo.        Web phones


COMMENTS

AMERICA FIRST TRADER
Other wireless devices coming within weeks; plans to offer all trades, including wireless IPO, private placements.

AMERITRADE
Options and mutual funds coming soon; alerts limited by message length.

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
Trades stock and options; allows five different watch lists on Palm and phone.

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER
Can trade stocks, options, mutual funds; research includes news headlines, stories. Palm V coming this month.

SURETRADE
Trades stocks, options; alerts and triggers coming soon.


*Excludes $10 to $55 monthly airtime charges and trading commissions

**Includes unlimited airtime


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