Best Hub Bank for Bank Bonuses

Which is the best bank for doing lots of bank transfers, adding lots of external bank accounts and one that has a high transfer limit? I look at a huge list of bank to find the best banks.

November 4, 2023 · 1 min · 38 words · Techfinology

Hidden Brokerage Fee Champs

Which stock brokerage has the most or least hidden fees? I look at all of the major US stock brokers to see who has the sneakiest fees, most pay for order flow or other hidden fees. The winner for the most equity pay for order flow goes to Webull. Most pay for order flow $1.66 for 100 Shares Webull $1.22 for 100 Shares Robinhood Least pay for order flow Vanguard 0 Fidelity 0 Public 0 Wealthfront stock investing 0 ...

October 5, 2023 · 2 min · 266 words · Techfinology

Betterment Checking is Sneaky & Scammy like Chime

It didn’t take long for Betterment Cash Reserve account to disappoint when they halted my withdrawal and stated that my $1500 withdrawal was unusually large. Don’t do business with this scammy company. They don’t allow the adding of more than one external bank account and block transfers.

September 26, 2023 · 1 min · 47 words · Techfinology

Best Money Market Funds Sweep Account Rates Aug 2023

Here are the highest sweep or settlement account rates for brokerages. Which brokerage pay the highest rates? I compared all of the US brokerages I could find and posted the rate into a spreadsheet. 📊 Best Money Market Funds & Sweep Account Rates (Aug 2023) 💡 Tip: Scroll or drag horizontally to view all columns Open in new tab ↗

August 21, 2023 · 1 min · 60 words · Techfinology

Best Money Market Accounts April 2023 Vanguard, Schwab, iShares, Fidelity 18 compared SWVXX, VMFXX,

I compared 18 high-yield money market accounts to find the highest rates after fees. I look at Vanguard, Fidelity, iShares, Schwab and SPDR. I compared both mutual fund money market accounts as well as money market ETFs. Vanguard had several winners in various categories. I seperated the categories to Treasury only, Government Obligations and Corp / Govt with the least risky being treasuries only. These categories were for mutual fund money market funds as well as ETFs. I crowned winners for each. ...

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 190 words · Techfinology

Highest CD Rates 5.65% APY 12Month Flex CD from Merchants Bank of Indiana

Merchants Bank of Indiana is one of few companies offering a flexible rate certificate of deposit (CD). How does a flex rate CD work? The company uses the prime rate minus 2.75%. At the time of this writing, 7/25/2023 this rate is now 5.65%. As the prime rate changes, this rate can go up or down. The company offers a 12 month, 24 month and 36 month CD for the flex rate CD. A minimum of $1000 is required. The account is FDIC insured but the rate is not guaranteed that it will stay the same. ...

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 112 words · Techfinology

Best Dividend Stock Broadcom vs Home Depot Compared

Both Broadcom and Home Depot are both top holding for the popular Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD). However, if we could only pick one which would it be? Home Depot is the class leader in its category of Home Improvement with higher profit margins than Lowes as well as return on equity. Broadcom is a fairly well diversified chip company that is known for doing lots of acquisitions and extracting value out of the companies it acquires. ...

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 152 words · Techfinology

Mutual Funds vs ETFs. Which is Better? Vanguard, Fidelity & Schwab

I compare low cost ETFs to low cost S&P 500 mutual funds Which one is the best low-cost index mutual fund or low-cost ETF? Fidelity FXAIX S&P 500 mutual fund, Vanguard VFIAX, VOO or Schwab SWPPX? Which low cost S&P 500 index fund. is best? Are mutual funds more tax-efficient than index stock ETFs? Not all mutual funds are created equally. I show how Vanguard mutual funds are superior to other mutual funds with regard to tax efficiency. ...

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 117 words · Techfinology

Stock Trading and Backtesting Platform Composer Review

Composer.trade automated algorithmic (algo) stock trading bot can do stock backtesting and trading. Learn how to algorithmically trade stocks in the stock market without any programming experience. It works with Alpaca brokerage. Signup to Composer Pro using my referral code, fund the account with $50+ and make one trade and get $50. https://www.composer.trade/ Referral code is: lIMrRBU-TRADE Composer allows to develop trading strategies such as rebalancing and have the bot attempt to execute everyday, once per week, monthly or quarterly.

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 80 words · Techfinology

Your brokerage sweep settlement cash management options suck & mine do too 6 brokerages Fidelity +

I looked at Schwab, Fidelity, eTrade, Vanguard, TD Ameritrade and Robinhood to compare the options available for uninvested cash. Some offer no automatic options to invest the idle cash or earn any interest on it. Schwab is one such example that requires the user to purchase money market mutual funds or other products to invest the idle cash. Etrade and Ameritrade also do the same but Etrade does have a savings account now. ...

July 25, 2023 · 1 min · 107 words · Techfinology