E*TRADE

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E*TRADE Financial Corporation (often referred to as E-Trade) is a large online broker that was founded in 1982. It was purchased by Morgan Stanley in late 2020 and E*TRADE accounts will be transferred to Morgan Stanley on a rolling basis in 2023. It offers access to a variety of low-expense-ratio index mutual funds and exchange-traded fund (ETFs), which are the building blocks of Boglehead-style investing. Below are some notes on investing at E*TRADE.

E*TRADE tips, links, and general orientation
The default account at E*TRADE is a brokerage account. You can buy mutual funds from various fund families, ETFs, individual stocks, bonds, and brokered CDs all within the same E*TRADE account. E*TRADE's full fee schedule can be found here.