beigledog. I forgot answer the rest of your question.
Overall I think it was very beneficial for me but I have a lot of Canadian stocks. If you just have one or two, I don't think it's worth it to setup the different brokerage acct and have to track two accts. If you think you will do an increasing amt of your investing in Canadian stocks, then I think it will payoff down the road. Of course if Etrade is successful with their international trading product, you might see the big online brokers all go into it and maybe TD will do it, too.
That would be ideal but it's a lot of work for the broker to maintain compliance with all the different rules in different countries.
Bobwins
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