Scottrade was formerly a go-to platform for ... Instead retail investors sought the relative safety of index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which offer exposure to a basket of companies ...

Second, the Invesco QQQ Trust has a modest expense ratio of 0.20%, so shareholders will pay $20 annually on every $10,000 invested in the index fund. Comparatively, the average expense ratio of U.S.

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Reporting from NEW YORK — Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is buying Scottrade in a $4-billion ... large number of investors are choosing index funds over stock picking. In the two-stage deal ...

FocusShares' funds were benchmarked to indexes licensed by Chicago-based Morningstar Inc. and offered to Scottrade clients commission-free. For example, its Focus Morningstar US Market Index ETF ...

said the addition is “evidence of Scottrade’s commitment to providing complete mutual fund services to the growing registered investment adviser (RIA) community that we serve through Scottrade Advisor ...

Conversely, Scottrade said it will institute a $17 transaction fee for trades of certain no-load mutual funds after not charging such fees on any no-load funds for the past four years.

If you don't yet know which bank account you want to use, just select the option to fund it later. Image source: Author screenshot of Scottrade site. After you've created your password ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is buying Scottrade in a $4 billion cash ... large number of investors are choosing index funds over stock picking. In the two-stage deal announced ...