{"id":25910,"date":"2014-02-23T20:26:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T01:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=25910"},"modified":"2016-09-20T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:36:52","slug":"tdi-podcast-2014-broker-rankings-and-5-things-352","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/23\/tdi-podcast-2014-broker-rankings-and-5-things-352\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast: 2014 Broker Rankings and 5 THINGS (#352)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Blain Reinkensmeyer from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockbrokers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stockbrokers.com<\/a> takes us through the recently published 2014 results. There is some great information <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/itunes_subscribe3-2.png\" \/><\/a>available in this study\/ranking. We also take a look at some tools that are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stocktradingtogo.com\" target=\"_blank\">Stocktradingtogo<\/a> site. Some nice tools and more coming. We also have to talk about the potential rise in volatility and the parabolic move in Natural gas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/getstarted.tradestation.com\/newaccount\/preaccount.aspx?offer=3032acff&amp;dest=https:\/\/getstarted.tradestation.com\/newaccount\/getstarted.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25832\" alt=\"tradesatation_free_offer\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tradesatation_free_offer-3.jpg\" width=\"457\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><a href=\"#podcast\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LISTEN TO PODCAST NOW<\/span><\/a> | <span style=\"color: #000000;\">@<\/span> <a title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\">iTUNES<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewhorowitz\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @andrewhorowitz<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#999999\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Also discussed in this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockbrokers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>StockBroker Rankings for 2014 <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktradingtogo.com\/premium\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stock Trading To Go Journal<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reink Media Group was founded in the spring of 2009 by Blain Reinkensmeyer with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stocktradingtogo.com\" target=\"_blank\">StockTradingToGo<\/a> as its flagship site. In the summer of 2009 the domain tradeWISER was privately acquired and soon thereafter developed as a full comparison shopping site for online stock brokers. Then, in the fall of 2009 Reink Media teamed up with IRA Sean Hannon to launch EPIC Insights, an investment advisory service focused <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25911 alignleft\" alt=\"blain\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blain-1.png\" width=\"105\" height=\"101\" \/>on stock picks and insight.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 Reink Media continued to enhance its offering of quality financial information. tradeWISER was relaunched with a completely new design in May and StockTradingToGo successfully passed 11,000 RSS Subscribers for the first time in June. Brandon Reinkensmeyer, Blain\u2018s brother, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reinkmedia.com\/2010\/06\/brandon-reinkensmeyer-joins-reink-media-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">joined RMG <\/a>as a partner in June as well. EPIC Insights ownership was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reinkmedia.com\/2010\/11\/epicinsights-com-sold\/\" target=\"_blank\">sold in Q4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 Reink Media made its first strategic acquisition of investing blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\" target=\"_blank\">TraderMike.net<\/a>. The team followed up with the launch of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockbrokers.com\/2011brokerreview.html\" target=\"_blank\">2011 Online Broker Review<\/a>. Soon after the review, the undeveloped premium domain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reinkmedia.com\/2011\/02\/reink-media-group-acquires-stockbrokers-com-domain\/\" target=\"_blank\">StockBrokers.com was acquired<\/a> and tradeWISER was migrated to the domain. The team began building out several key comparison tools the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:15px 0;border-width:3px;border-color:#999999\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TDIMG.jpg\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a id=\"podcast\" name=\"podcast\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7028\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7028','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=25910-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode352.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:53 &#8212; 34.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Blain Reinkensmeyer from Stockbrokers.com takes us through the recently published 2014 results. There is some great information available in this study\/ranking. We also take a look at some tools that are available on the Stocktradingtogo site. Some nice tools and more coming. We also have to talk about the potential rise in volatility and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7029\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('7029','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/TDI_PlayPodcast-679.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=25910-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/tdi_podcast\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/podcasts\/tdi_episode352.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tdi_episode352.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:01:53 &#8212; 34.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5vtvEVDPUi4221imwhXyXt\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Markets-and-Investing\/The-Disciplined-Investor-p414586\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5,241,186,224,12,9,21,296,42],"tags":[496,483,482,297],"class_list":["post-25910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earnings","category-economy","category-education","category-marketmash","category-long-ideas","category-markets","category-podcasts","category-short-ideas","category-shownotes","category-stocks","tag-education","tag-markets","tag-podcasts","tag-show-notes","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}