Find the best online broker

It looks like most private investors now getting back into the stockmarket are doing it over the internet. But how do you find the right online share dealing service for you?

The recent rise in the stockmarket has revived private investors' appetite for equities, says Andrea Page in Bloomberg Money. And it looks like most of those getting back in are doing it over the internet: according to stockbroking analyst ComPeer, in the second quarter of 2003 online share dealing volumes rose 42%. But the market is hugely competitive, so the choice for investors is huge. How do you find the right online share dealing service for you?

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