Online Brokers Comparisons

Online Broker	Minimum to Open	Commissions	Maintenance or inactivity fees
Comparison Chart - Online Brokers
Fidelity Where to Buy (http://www.fidelity.com)	$2,500	$19.95 equity trades for those with balances less than $50,000. $10.95 equity trades for those with balances between $50,000 and $1,000,000. $8 trades for those with $1,000,000 or more in assets. 1,400 NTF (no transaction fee) mutual funds. No transaction fee for Fidelity mutual funds. Most other funds incur a $75 fee when you buy or exchange into (no fee to sell).	No
TD Ameritrade Where to Buy (http://www.tdameritrade.com)	No minimum	$9.99 stock trades NTF funds available; no-load funds are offered for $49.99 per transaction.	No
Scottrade Where to Buy (http://www.scottrade.com)	$500	$7.00 equity trades. NTF funds available; no-load funds incur $17 fee for buy/sell/exchange.	No
ShareBuilder Where to Buy (http://www.sharebuilder.com)	No minimum	$15.95 for real-time trades. $4 per automatic investment trade. You can trade equities and exchange-traded funds, but not mutual funds.	No