Pros and Cons of Email Alerts from CIBC Investor’s Edge

You can set Alerts within your CIBC Investor’s Edge account to send you an email message when the price of a stock changes, when a stock split is announced, when the market moves and for hundreds of other criteria. But is it valuable to set these Alerts? Perhaps they will provide the information you need to make the optimal decisions for your investments. Perhaps not. Here are some of the pluses and minuses of the system generating alerts for CIBC Investor’s Edge.

Pros of the Investor’s Edge Alert Email System

Investor’s Edge permits you to enter two email addresses and a SMS phone text message address. This is an efficient way to make sure you’re connected to the right device when the Alert is issued. (BMO only allows you to add one email address or wireless address.)

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A Review and Comparison of Real Time Stock Prices at CIBC Investor’s Edge and BMO InvestorLine

You can see “real time” stock trading quotes using either a CIBC Investor’s Edge or a BMO InvestorLine account. I was curious to see if they both quoted the same price at the same time, and whether there were any obvious advantages or disadvantages to either system.

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