[Updated in August 2018.] If you invest in a Fidelity account, the international stock index fund of choice had been Fidelity Global ex U.S. Index Fund (FSGDX). With an expense ratio of only 0.06%, ...
Mutual Fund Or ETF Dividend Frequency and Compounding
Over on the Bogleheads forum, for a short while, a number of posters were wondering why they didn't see a dividend posted from certain Fidelity funds. Fidelity Spartan Total Market Index Fund, for ...
Is Morningstar Losing Relevance In An Indexing World?
I attended Morningstar's online conference for individual investors a little over a week ago. To be honest, I was disappointed. It made me question whether Morningstar is losing relevance to ...
Schwab Intelligent Portfolios: Primary and Alternate ETFs
I went through the questionnaire for Schwab's new robo-advisor product Schwab Intelligent Portfolios. There were 12 questions. The interface looked very good. Asset Classes Breakdown I answered the ...
Fidelity Extends Free Trades To Five More iShares ETFs
Fidelity sends me marketing mails from time to time. The latest mail piece included some good information worth noting. Under the heading for ETFs, it said Fidelity added another 5 iShares ETFs to the ...
Merrill Edge + Bank of America = Free Trades + Free Checking + Higher Rewards
I moved some ETFs from E*Trade to Merrill Edge. I also opened a new Bank of America checking account. The combo deal gives me free trades on any ETF and a free-everything checking account with branch ...