providing brokerage services in the fields of securities, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money market funds, and options via a global communication network; providing investment services in the fields of securities, stocks, money market funds, bonds, mutual funds, and options via a global communication network; providing check writing and bill payment services via a global communication network; providing fixed income investment services via a global communication network; providing payment services and fund transfer services via a global communication network; providing information services in the fields of portfolio management services and investment research, namely, monitoring investment market value and performance of investments, analyzing investment performance, evaluating asset allocation, risk tolerance, alternative plan investing timeframe and investment alternative planning via a global communication network; providing information services in the fields of financial research, financial investing, finance, and financial planning via a global communication network