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Linda says
Pros: honesty and great management return.
Mac says
Pros: web site is easy to use, has no cost broker fees for many years, wide range of low expense funds, excellent customer service.
Cons: research info is not my favorite.
Mel says
Pros: cheap fast trades, wonderful mutual funds to choose from.
Jim says
Cons: poor research, no streaming quotes only 20min delayed. Web site is too tedious multiple screens for simple tasks. $2 fee was great but not anymore.
Donald says
Pros: wide selection of ETFs, low cost. Good following by independent adviser publications. Good on line facilities. Good market techs available by phone. Monthly Statements are accurate.
Scott says
Pros: great service. Inexpensive fees. Liquid equities. Great communication.
Morgan says
Low cost. Speed. Courtesy. Could offer more research when making trades. Advise on portfolios seems boiler plate and without much research.
Andrew says
Low fees, customer friendly, easy to use, most of all trustworthy.
Oliver says
Easy to use – speedy – transactions – low rates
Larry R Helming says
Pros: low cost, good fast executions. Cons: Still looking for them.
Constance Morgan says
Site covers broad picture of trading. Low cost.
Adam says
Fudiciary and Honest, owned by me the investor, not corporate board and shareholders.
Jozef says
Always there and inexpensive and and has all kinds of programs.
Ira says
Low Cost. Don’t try to sell package of goods. Very average in so many ways. Diversificaion, Bonds for some portion of portfolio, etc.
Larry Cook says
Pros: 1) I’m used to their platform. It seems simple. 2) Trade Vanguard funds at no charge Cons: 1) We have had a dispute over $2,500 for almost a year without being able to get it resolved. Vanguard continues to tell us what we did wrong and we can’t get anyone to listen long enough to get them to investigate from our pov 2) System seems slow and is frequently down 3) Numbers always settle in Vanguard’s favor
Jack Carpenter says
Too involved with promotions, reliable, well priced however.
Teresa says
Vanguard is very transparent and helpful. I have no complaints.
Rick says
Lowest cost mutual funds & ETFs, free trades (25/year) for non-Vanguard stocks, then $2/trade.
Willie Stewart says
Pros: I like all of Vanguard. Cons: Would like more frequent information on targets of specific companies, industries, and classifications of industries.
Betsie says
Low fees and quickly addresses any questions or concerns that I have.
Joel Maron says
Pros: reasonable fees, information, ease of use are pros. Con: time lag in funds being available from sales.
Mike says
Pros: good index ETF/Funds. Cons: website ease of use.
Tony Daniels says
Customer service is good, but I would like to see more research available on stocks.
Richard l Nagl says
Low fees and quick execution. Good at getting expected price on market orders.
Mark Jacobs. says
Pros: Ease of use. Low fees. Great reputation. Good customer service.
Zvi Shahak says
Pro- low expense. Con- Poor website design. nonresponsive and disregards users complaints.
Bill says
Prompt execution orders, statement should be more concise.
Scott McCaverty says
Awesome customer service, great website, low fees for what I need.
Eiko says
Pros: low fees, low costs, free advice depending on account balance.
Richard says
Low fees, great people to work with, good web site that is easy to navigate.
Dave says
No brick & mortar to be able to walk into when issues arise.
Vic Veracruz says
Fair prices, easy access to customer service.
Nathan Stoiber says
Pros – Vanguards fees & misc cost are so low I know my money is in the right place. There customer service people are great; they work with you to understand & resolve any questions or concerns. There fund selection is amazing.
Cons – I can’t think of any.
Richard Downs says
Investor owned, low cost, great service.
K. McFadden says
Fees are reasonable and along with customer service very good!
Katie says
The brokerage fee is low enough to (mostly) offset the sometimes difficult to navigate website.
Chuck Burton says
Easy, tied in with all my accounts.
Thomas Wandless says
Pros: Low cost, free trades, good research and investment tools.
Ron Robbel says
Low fees; excellent news letters; conservative
Bill Slovick says
Very reasonable commissions. Web site is user friendly.
S. Satori says
Cons: Slow. Pros: Good service and fees.
R. Bassett says
Fast response to my questions re account.
Rich says
Pro’s: Owned by the investors, low costs, offer all types of investments. Great personal service. The best around. Con’s: research web site could be better.
Rick Sinclair says
Pros: Cost, professional advice, range of offerings, customer service.
Ed Oberg says
Low fess and good information.
David Martin says
Difficult for fast trades.
Joe Anderson says
Difficult to talk to. Not detailed oriented.
Anil Chatterjee says
Very low fees and reasonable fees for regular trates. However, customer service is very poor, bordering on unacceptable.
Timothy A Thimmes says
I like the price for trades. They are easy to work with.
Robert Stranix says
No charge to purchase there ETFs and there funds seem to have the lowest fees. I wish I had more than 25 $7 trades when I first opened the account.
Ronald Hugh says
Do an excellent job at whatever I require of them.
Robert says
If you have 500k in Vangusrd funds, then the first 25 trades in a year are free, and only $2 per trade after that. So, index your first half million or so, and then trade.
Robert Wiles says
I use Vangusrd and use their index funds for about 1/2 of my portfolio, which then makes my commissions very low, $2.
Raymond Bomben says
No recent email response to my questions from Vanguard. Although, on one high-five’r for Vanguard — their software program related to a customer’s account pertaining to navigation and migration is efficient.
Nelson Coluzzi says
To purchase stocks the price is right. Good reports, good research info. Not much bad about Vanguard Brokerage.
Brian Neininger says
$7 trades for 1st 25 trades for accounts up to $50k trades become cheaper with more $ you have in account.
Jogesh says
Good for ETF and fund investor. Poor service and high cost for stock and options and basic service.
Robert Sheridan says
Resonable comish, Very good account services, good research, website better than avg.
Martha says
Pros are price and website.
Robert Burkhart says
Well organized Web site. Their mutual fund expense fees are among the lowest in the industry. They do not charge commissions on the purchase/redemption of their funds or ETF’s and commissions on external funds, stocks and ETF’s are competitive with other on-line brokers. Calls to customer service are answered promptly and professionally.
Roger Brooks says
Great costs for buying and selling stocks and funds.
Dave Carey says
I love their low-cost mutual funds but I really think they have to improve on their commissions. $20 per trade is just too high nowadays.
David says
I didn’t realize that after 25 trades the rate jumps up to $20! You can get up to 25 trades pretty quickly so Vanguard is just too expensive. I’m looking at my options for 2011 now.
Bud Clement says
My account is over 500,000 and my cost to trade is $2.00 It may vary with account value but 2 bucks is dirt cheep (sic.)