Scottrade Expands Education Initiative By Launching Branch Seminars, Interactive Financial Planning Calculators

Seminars and tools help consumers better understand their investing options

St. Louis (Vocus) November 20, 2008 -- Scottrade (http://www.scottrade.com/?cid=PR_PressRelease_4_4), a leading branch-supported online investment firm, is launching a branch seminar program at many of its more than 375 branch office locations across the country. These informational sessions are available at no cost to the public and cover investing (http://www.scottrade.com/online_trading_reasons/?cid=PR_PressRelease_4_4) topics ranging from basic order types, to intermediate options to an overview of Scottrade's active trader platform, ScottradeELITE® (http://www.scottrade.com/scottradeelite_online_trading_platform/?cid=PR_PressRelease_4_4).

Branch Seminars

• Beginning Dec. 15, branch seminars will be offered at branch offices in cities across the country.

• Although Scottrade does not give advice on what to trade, the seminars offer a small-scale setting in which participants can learn more about how to trade. They also provide a unique opportunity for attendees to build relationships with other investors in their area.

Financial Planning Calculators

• Scottrade is also expanding its online education efforts by introducing new interactive financial planning calculators.

• The retirement calculator helps identify retirement goals and how to reach those goals by evaluating expenses, savings and contributions, and the college savings calculator helps determine how much money will be needed to send a child or children to college.

• The cost of waiting calculator demonstrates the effect of compounding interest and measures the impact of time on a portfolio, while the IRA calculator helps determine whether a Traditional IRA or Roth IRA (http://www.scottrade.com/investment_services/IRA_investing.asp?cid=PR_PressRelease_4_4) is the better choice.

User Summits

• Scottrade continues to offer larger-scale User Summits with 24 day-long seminars in 2009 in cities across the country.

• During these workshops, attendees learn how to effectively use the online functions and features of Scottrade's trading platforms and how to easily manage their accounts directly from Scottrade product and platform specialists.

More information for Scottrade's new educational opportunities, including registration, is available through the new Knowledge Center section at www.scottrade.com/education.

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"Scottrade has the largest branch network of any online investment firm, and we are pleased that our extensive community presence enables us to provide convenient and personal branch seminars in cities across the country in addition to our online offering," said Director of Online Financial Services Kevin Dodson, who oversees Scottrade's Customer Education initiative. "We have a longstanding commitment to investor education and these seminars allow members of the community the opportunity to learn about online investing."

About Scottrade

As a leading online investment firm, Scottrade offers a full line of investment products, online trading services and market research tools to help investors take control of their financial future. Scottrade provides customers the convenience of buying many stocks online at just $7 per trade and the support of the largest branch network among online investment firms, with more than 375 nationwide branch offices. Named Highest in Investor Satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates, Scottrade is dedicated to exceptional customer service and unprecedented value. Scottrade is also one of the FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America. For more information, visit www.scottrade.com.

Media Contact:

Amber Talbot, Scottrade

314.965.1555 x6799

atalbot @ scottrade.com

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