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¹ Best Online Broker 3/6/06, 3/7/05, 3/8/04, 3/10/03, and one of Barron’s Best Online Brokers 3/3/07, refers to the optionsXpress website and is based on: Trade Experience; Trade Tech; Usability; Offerings; Research; Portfolio Analysis; Customer Service/Access; Costs. Barron's is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Company © 2008.

² "Best of the Web" & "Favorite Site" 9/15/06, refers to the optionsXpress website and is based on investor tools and educational services. FORBES, and other names of FORBES products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of FORBES Management Co., Inc. © 2008.

³ "The Best Online Broker" by Kiplinger's 7/06, refers to the optionsXpress website and is based on: Commissions/Fees; Executions; Margin Rates; Interest on Cash; Maximum Fund Transaction Fee; Responsiveness/Broker Knowledge; Research; Web Site; Cost-Basis Data; Conduct. Kiplinger's is a trademark of The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. © 2008.

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