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Online Do-it-Yourself Investing

Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,221 ***** Forums Admin
edited January 2017 in General Discussion
Like Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, ETC. Anybody have a favorite place? The good, the bad, the ugly, if you will. Like everything else I do, I'm gonna do it myself. Any input/thoughts/insight appreciated. TIA.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
    Buy low.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,221 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GuvamintCheese
    Buy low.
    Ok, thanks![:D]
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've been investing by myself since I was in my late twenties, and have been through a lot of different services.

    As of now I have accounts with TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, Vanguard, and OptionsHouse which is owned by Etrade.

    Each service excels in one area or the other IMHO, and is why I use so many accounts for different investments. TD Ameritrade is my main stock trading account, as well as some ETFs, while I prefer Fidelity for bond related investments. Options House is for just that,....trading options, and that's all I use it for. Vanguard is where all of my mutual funds are held as well as more ETFs.

    What type of investing you're planning on doing will have more to do with where you go than anything else, including price IMO. TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim platform is hard to beat.

    If you're going to do simple buy and hold long term dividend investing, I imagine Scottrade would be just fine, and you can save a couple of bucks on commissions as you DCA into your positions.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I Just put money into Schwab's "Robo Advisor"... diversified with no fee!!!

    I would also consider Trade King. If you are running a taxable account, avoid mutual funds because of taxable year end distributions, go with ETF's instead.

    The market is at an all-time peak now, so one thought is to dribble the money in over 3 to 6 months. Don't try to do frequent trades.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    I use the Capital One sharebuilder for etf's.
    Start with searching for stocks that meet your investing risk tolerance & go from there.
    Don't remember paying any fees so far, and the account's been open since 98.
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  • redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,715 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hear Gofundme.com is a popular option.[:I]
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,221 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    Thanks everybody!
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  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Horse Plains Drifter
    Like Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, ETC. Anybody have a favorite place? The good, the bad, the ugly, if you will. Like everything else I do, I'm gonna do it myself. Any input/thoughts/insight appreciated. TIA.
    I have been using Charles Schwab forever....good rates and good info....I do look at other financial pages such as Yahoo and
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 17,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wife used to use Scottrade until she lost her *,,I told her it's a shell game BUT she had to find out.[|)][8]
    Scottrade itself was good tool to lose money at little cost.
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  • john carrjohn carr Member Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 on Scottrade. When the interest rates dropped to nothing on CD's back in 2008 I cashed them in as they came up for renewal and bought some local dividend stocks thru Scottrade that averaged over 4% and paid like a slot machine every quarter. No complaints with Scottrade.
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  • beneteaubeneteau Member Posts: 8,552 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by john carr
    +1 on Scottrade. When the interest rates dropped to nothing on CD's back in 2008 I cashed them in as they came up for renewal and bought some local dividend stocks thru Scottrade that averaged over 4% and paid like a slot machine every quarter. No complaints with Scottrade.


    +2 on Scottrade.

    Earned over 5% a year on Ford stock. Better than any CD or savings account.
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  • MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    HPD,
    I've used Scottrade for the last 15-20 years. I think they had 20-25 branches when I signed up with them. Never a problem.

    I'm also using Loyal 3. FREE stock trades!

    Worth checking out, if you are a "buy and hold" investor.

    https://www.loyal3.com/


    Merc
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  • mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,553 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use Kalashnikov-- 100% return. [:D]
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