| How attractive is “free”? Some of the largest online brokers of exchange-traded funds are determined to find out. Two have recently expanded the lineups of ETFs they offer without trading commissions, bringing their menus closer to the size of their competitors’.
In February, Charles Schwab Corp. expanded its commission-free ETF menu to 105 funds, up from just its own 15 broad-based index offerings. A few weeks later, Fidelity Investments expanded its exclusive partnership with BlackRock Inc. to offer 65 of BlackRock’s iShares ETFs commission-free, up from 30, in addition to Fidelity’s one ETF...............................................Full Article: Source
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