Switched jobs from a company that offers Vanguard 401ks to Fidelity. My personal brokerage was also under Vanguard.

I was thinking about consolidating everything under Fidelity but it seems like there are transaction fees for buying Vanguard mutual funds if I want to continue investing in my personal brokerage. Is there any way to dodge these fees or is it just normal for people to keep multiple investment accounts, one for a 401k and one for brokerages, if they don't match?

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I have vanguard and Fidelity. The 401k at fidelity is just in autopilot, never have to do anything with it, Vanguard for everything else. I’ve never seen any reason to merge them.

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Yeah the big thing is I want the periodic purchases and dealing with fractional shares is just nicer.

If the 401k can purchase vanguard without restrictions but I can't do that with the brokerage, I'm fine with keeping two separate accounts. Just wanted to find out if I could consolidate, but I'd rather just keep everything fee free mutual funds

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You can use vanguard etfs at fidelity for free. I would definitely not pay to hold vanguard mutual funds at fidelity. Either change your funds or stay at vanguard

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