If you have large accounts with Fidelity, Schwab, TD Ameritrade, E*Trade, or Merrill Edge, you may be able to borrow at a very low interest rate.
Broker Competition: Moving from TD Ameritrade to E*Trade
If you buy ETFs, you need a brokerage account. In the old days, one way discount brokers made money was by paying you less on your idle cash in the sweep account. Vanguard paid the highest rate on its money market funds. Others paid less. In the low interest rate world, this difference went away. […]
Brokerage Account Signup Bonus Taxable Or Not?
I’m following the lead from my own post Huge Bonus Offers From Brokers: Fidelity, Schwab, TD Ameritrade, ETrade, Merrill Edge. Although I’m satisfied with the service of WellsTrade brokerage account provided by Wells Fargo Advisors, the huge bonus offered by its competitors is just too good to pass up. I moved my brokerage account from […]