>Amex vs. Brown...

I'm very happy with my accounts at Brown.
Rates are CHEAP, with absolutely no problems in
hundreds of trades over the last few years.

Our 2nd account at Brown is my wife's IRA,
transferred in from another broker. Brown
handled their end of the transfer very well,
in spite of major screwups by the OTHER broker,
(First Union Securities, which SUCK, IMHO)
who was apparently not happy we were transfering
that account to Brown!