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  • #1

    Fidelity vs. Chuck

    vs. Vanguard vs. Ameritrade vs. E-Trade vs. ...

    Which one to choose? I'd use it primarily for mutual funds and govt. bonds (I've got Zecco and Sharebuilder for stocks), in a non-pre-tax retirement account (already have a 401k), a general investment account, and maybe a 529.

    Fidelity and Chuck have fee-free ATM access, which is a minor, but nice, perk, and seem to be rated higher for service. Fidelity also seems to have the largest no-fee fund selection, so I'm leaning in that direction.

    Thoughts? Your experiences?
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    Fee free atm access is nice Fidelity would be where i'd go when I get to the point I need one, probably, but I'm not by any means an expert.

    Or I might go with AG Edwards, since their office is downstairs... they're affiliated with one of the major groups, I forget which.
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    • #3
      My big brother, a self-made multimillionaire, swore by Fidelity last I talked to him.

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      • #4
        Where's pchang when you need him?
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        AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
        AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
        DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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        • #5
          Living off his dividends?
          You just wasted six ... no, seven ... seconds of your life reading this sentence.

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          • #6
            Can't you do most of that through Sharebuilder?

            Personally, I have two BuyandHold accounts (one taxable and one Roth IRA) and a separate Ameritrade account for when I want to buy options, sell stocks short, etc.
            I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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            • #7
              I kinda want to get away from ShareBuilder. It's fund selection isn't that good, and I'm moving over to Zecco for stocks anyway (free trades ).

              I do have an ING account, though, so if they integrate Sharebuilder with ING Direct and add some of teh Fidelity-like perks that would be ideal
              THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
              AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
              AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
              DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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              • #8
                How do you rate Ameritrade, though?
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                AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                • #9
                  Probably Fidelity

                  Although Etrade also has fee free ATMs and they have banking connected to the stock account. Thus, you can have savings, checking, CDs and shift money between that and stocks and bonds very easily. Currently, Etrade has one of the highest savings account interest rates around (though thanks to the Fed, they all suck now).

                  The problem with Etrade is that you do have to pay fees to buy mutual funds. If that is your main thing, then Fidelity is better.
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                  • #10
                    And here I thought I was opening some fun competition thread.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by LordShiva
                      How do you rate Ameritrade, though?
                      Pretty poorly. Their money market funds pay squat.
                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #12
                        Vanguard has the lowest management fees by far, don't they? They certainly used to. Their fees for index funds were especially low.
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                        • #13
                          I'm looking at Etrade and it's giving a 3.01% for money market savings and 3.25% for checking ($5K+). Is that right?
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                          • #14
                            Schwab

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                            • #15
                              Much lower APY rates. What else do it have?
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