ShareBuilder

[Stuck_At_Work]

ING has been pushing ShareBuilder quite a bit lately. How is this any different than buying stocks through E-Trade, etc?

 

[DCLonghorn8]

I only looked into it for a few minutes, but it looks like a lot of limitations.

You can only invest in stocks one day a week or something similar. They are really hawking a portfolio of mutual funds and trying to get folks to dollar cost average by automatically putting an amount aside each month.

It doesn't look like a good option for anyone wanting to trade, but maybe decent for folks that intend to buy and hold.

Also, there is a tiered fee structure based on how much and how often you want to buy stocks.