Brokerage

August 18, 2025For sophisticated investors, TD Ameritrade offers thinkorswim, a powerful set of investment tools oriented specifically at investors who make frequent or complex trades. If you aren’t looking for a semi-professional toolkit, with all of the complexity that entails, then you… read more…

February 27, 2025Israel-based eToro is cryptocurrency trading platform. Unlike traditional investment platforms, it does not offer access to any form of standard financial products or assets. You cannot trade stocks, bonds, funds or options. Although investors outside of the U.S. can use… read more…

April 1, 2023There’s a reason you may not have heard of SpeedTrader. This is a niche product in a niche market. SpeedTrader is an investment platform for day traders. This product is built for professionals. Its main features, such as its ability to… read more…

March 7, 2025M1 Finance strikes a balance between the completely hands-off approach of a robo-advisor and the technical complexity of a full-service investment firm. It allows investors to build an investment portfolio based on stocks, funds and professionally managed portfolios that they… read more…

April 1, 2023Do not get paid to trade. Free money schemes are never your friend. In finance, as with most walks of life, the best tools are generally boring and don’t need such incentives to try a product. SogoTrade is no different. There… read more…

March 29, 2023If you bank with Wells Fargo and keep a low-activity portfolio, WellsTrade might be a useful platform on which to trade stocks and other securities. Current clients can use the trading screen to see all of their finances, banking and investments… read more…

August 31, 2023By now most mainstream trading platforms are free. Despite advertising itself as “low cost stock and options trading,” Lightspeed still charges trading commissions. At the same time it offers a set of highly specific tools that can benefit extremely active… read more…

February 28, 2025Firstrade is an online trading platform that offers two portals, its primary brand, Firstrade, and a secondary brand called Firstrade Navigator. They are competitively priced, offer many types of securities, including mutual funds, give users the ability to engage in sophisticated… read more…

February 28, 2025Webull is an online trading platform that allows you to trade and invest commission-free. It bills itself as primarily organized around app-based trading, although as we will note below, Webull’s more sophisticated tools make it easier to use through the… read more…

March 20, 2025Betterment has established itself as one of the most well-known standalone robo-advisors on the market. At the same time, a brokerage giant backs Fidelity Go. While both platforms come from very different beginnings, they share many similarities, such as how… read more…

April 18, 2024Interactive Brokers has been a leader in the active investing space since its start in 1993. It is not alone, however, in standing out. One of the pioneers of online brokerage firms, TD Ameritrade, offers intuitive platforms and educational resources… read more…

August 28, 2025Robinhood and E*TRADE may be the two most important names in online trading. In many ways E*TRADE introduced the world to online investments, taking stocks and bonds from the world of corner offices to kitchen tables. A couple decades later,… read more…

April 19, 2024Two of the most popular online brokerages are Robinhood and Vanguard. The former is a highly streamlined platform designed for new investors. It presents users with a clean trading interface, without the intimidating wall of information and options that can scare… read more…

July 17, 2025Online trading platform Vanguard offers a full-service securities trading capability but is best known for its huge range of mutual funds. E*TRADE, which arguably ushered in the modern era of online finance, offers a streamlined, easy-to-use day-trading app where investors can trade stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETF),… read more…

August 21, 2025Investors looking for online investing platforms choose Charles Schwab or Robinhood for two very different experiences. With Charles Schwab you will get a full-featured investment platform, with all of the opportunities and complexity that this entails. Investors using Schwab’s tools can… read more…

August 28, 2025Charles Schwab and E*TRADE are two of the most popular investment platforms available today. Both are full-service products, meaning that they support most mainstream assets and research options. Furthermore, they are largely comparable in both price and services. There are,… read more…

August 21, 2025Betterment and Robinhood are both widely accepted as popular trading platforms, but they are very different. The former is a robo-advisor, about as hands-off as you can get while still making decisions about your money; the latter is a trading… read more…

July 31, 2025Betterment and Acorns are two of the most popular trading platforms on the market. As robo-advisors, neither lets you directly invest money on your own, so you cannot buy or sell any individual assets. This means even bundled assets, such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETF), are off limits. Investors who prefer to directly… read more…

April 18, 2024Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade offer very similar online trading platforms. Both companies provide full-service trading that allows you to access most mainstream securities and research using all or almost all mainstream forms of data. Whether you’re a veteran or a… read more…

January 17, 2025A certificate of deposit, or CD, offers a safe and secure way to save money that you may not need to use right away. CDs can offer a guaranteed rate of return on your money, in exchange for leaving those savings in the CD until it matures. A brokered CD is a savings option you… read more…

August 28, 2025The choice between Betterment and Vanguard has more to do with your investment strategy than the features offered by each product. Betterment is a robo-advisor service so users invest in a series of funds automatically managed by the brokerage and cannot use… read more…

February 20, 2025Vanguard and Charles Schwab have both made their names as retail firms that offer personal financial services and investment advice. While both continue to sell financial and investment management as their flagship products, they have also gotten into the online… read more…

January 20, 2023E*TRADE arguably ushered in the modern era of online finance. Although far from the only option on the market, it established itself as the brand name for web-based trading in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Fidelity, by contrast, has… read more…

April 15, 2023TD Ameritrade and E*TRADE are two popular investment brokerages that both help consumers trade and invest online. If you are deciding which brokerage to use to help you invest your funds, then you’re probably wondering what the differences are between… read more…

March 20, 2025Many people begin their investment portfolios online. And with the surge of mobile apps making investment brokerage services available on your phone, it can be challenging to know where to begin. Stash and Robinhood are two popular options for beginners interested… read more…