[freespirited]

Should I close my brokerage account?

[Mojohemi]

Someone in the MarktetWatch wrote an article on E-Trade today and called E-Trade the “Victim of Subprime Mortgage”

Had to be a liberal nut to write and use the word victim.

[nostrum09]

I think E*TRADE treats assets in the brokerage account differently. While you aren’t guaranteed against declines in value, you are protected against acts of fraud committed during the bankruptcy of a broker-dealer. Take a look at

https://us.etrade.com/e/t/estation/pricing?id=1209025020

for more information about protection limits (it deals with more than just their conventional bank accounts).

[FightThePower!]

I would.