Investors have opened about 1.5 million accounts with online brokerage firms, according to Forrester Research. By the year 2001, an estimated $500 billion will be held in ten million online accounts. Because of the boom in cyberspace investing, many discount brokers have opened Web-based businesses and some of even the most staid firms are exploring the benefits of joining the digital revolution. If you're looking for a broker, advising clients on finding a broker, or doing competitive intelligence on competing brokers, you can benefit from the guide to both online and traditional brokers' Web pages available at Yahoo! To access the guide, go to the site's home page (http://www. yahoo.com), select Investing under the Business and Economy heading, and then select Brokerages. Separate subcategories are available for full and discount brokers as well as those that specialize in bonds, futures and options, currencies, or mutual funds.
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