Which platform to use for trading Fidelity vs Charles Schwab vs Vanguard? Please advise I am new to investing. I have 401k in Vanguard so was inclined towards it, but need help and advice from this group.

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I use all three. My preferred is fidelity

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use trademegastocks. com thank me later. its tax free and decentralised.

Separately, invest in your 401k as much as possible as early as possible. If your employer offers a match, be absolutely sure to take advantage of it! Choose your investments based on your investment horizon and risk tolerance. Diversify your holdings. Check your portfolio performance quarterly and adjust your holdings where it makes sense. Do not withdraw or take loans against your 401k. Best of luck to you

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Fidelity via phone is very hard to manage though. Mind you, I do options trading in my retirement accounts.

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I use Robinhood, any reasons for not doing so? I see a lot of folks in the previous comments using the ones we mentioned

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Avoid anonymous user one’s link. He is scamming you.

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I also use all three. Vanguard funds are some of the best managed funds but i prefer Fidelity’s platform. Don’t forget, you can hold any of their funds (and other funds) in any of their accounts. I have some vanguard funds (VT) in a fidelity account and i used to have FSELX fund in a vanguard account. So, you are not limited to the funds of the platform.

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Incorrect! Vanguard does not charge fees when you buy Fidelity funds

Reviews and suggestion: Vanguard trading platform too much work, hard to access some small platforms. Fidelity awkward but more intuitive than Vanguard, and the transfer from Vanguard to Fidelity was surprisingly easy. No experience with Charles Schwab.

E*Trade is off my list - they admittedly goofed on the Cost Basis for my trades, rendering the information incorrectly and worse, in a format not accepted by the IRS, said there was nothing they could do (?!) to correct the situation. Heard good things about TastyTrade platform.

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Etrade is horrible, slow to transfer money, charges fees for everything, only thing I like on their platform is the research

Robinhood

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Call them for introduction

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First and for most, you need to do some survey in order to establish on how other firm who produce the same product you are planing to sale on Market do, through this idea you will achieve your goal

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I have been with TD Ameritrade before being acquired by Schwab. I and my spouse went through several courses on fundamental analysis, reading charts and patterns, where Think or Swim platform provides a lot of financial information for each company, and candlesticks, since I am self directed. Also, Schwab has a investing program known as ROBO investing using AI to allocate ETFs based on the risk level, mine. Both efforts have been quite well. However, I have been with the same financial advisor (TD/Schwab) for several decades, where he makes suggestions, very good ones, for me to decide before execution. Before retiring, my 401K was with Fidelity, and they did nothing after I retired unless I pay them. Fortunately, I moved my funds to Schwab, made massive Roth Conversions, and the Schwab products allowed me to recover the taxes paid over a 2.5 year period - awesome. I am a Schwab fan, but my advisor will someday retire, and I expressed concerns, where he will set me up once he retires. However, I do not expect to happen in 15 plus years.

Ok. Conversions are still taxable just like RMDs are. You are just deciding when to pay the tax. Don’t know how all the other information matters.

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