Tech Maven

well, according to Consumer Reports Money Advisor, here are the top 5

#1 www.firsttrade.com
2 www.etrade.com
3 www.tradeking.com
4 www.schwab.com
5 www.scottrade.com

firsttrade's rates blow away the other big boys like etrade, fidelity, troweprice, etc. never even heard of them until now.

Flyby1206

www.sharebuilder.com works pretty well too

Ninety Two, Set

I like sharebuilder.com as well, Flyby. Good business concept.

ToiletDuck

Care to elaborate?

Ninety Two, Set

No account minimums, no inactivity fees, and you can invest any amount into over 6,000 stocks and ETFs.

ryanb5005

I like Vanguard. No fees if you keep a minimum, and everything is done for you with high yields.

ToiletDuck

Someone else take a look at www.zecco.com and and tell me what you think. Is it fishy in your eyes or serious?

Delta102

I've been very happy with etrade

iflyprops

I've been pretty happy with www.tradeking.com good tools and its cheap

ToiletDuck

Stay away from E*Trade and Zecco. E*Trade has since felt the financial collapse and is falling part. Zecco, which lures people with free trades, is a very shady operation with a high rate of customer dissatisfaction.

If you want the best service try Fidelity or TD Ameritrade. I'm in the process of transfering my account from sharebuilder to TD Ameritrade. Personally I think Sharebuilder is a great website but now that I'm trading more the $9.95 price is the same as Ameritrade's and TD Ameritrade has much better services and tools. To utilize those tools for sharebuilder they want extra. Sharebuilder still lets you put money in every Tuesday for the automatic investment plan which is a nice way to build up your money. By putting in money when I could I've managed to put roughly 30% of my income this year into the account. Granted I don't make much but considering what I've learned to live off, and I still party like a rock star when there's time, I've put a nice little chunk in there for first year FO pay. Definitly the way to go when starting from scratch.