‘Big brokers cut commissions to draw ETF assets, trading — Fidelity, Schwab waive fees as competition heats up; investors reap lower costs’<\/a> documents the seimic changes that will encourage investors to wake up and yank Wall Street out of their pockets.<\/p>\nAs he points out, “Paying broker commissions to trade ETFs has been a major drawback for buy-and-hold investors who contribute small amounts to their retirement portfolios on a periodic basis. Those fees can quickly negate the cost advantages of ETFs.” Now, for those employing the buy-and-hold investing strategy with an asset allocation that provides for diversification and rebalancing to keep to that allocation, these lower fees are a true win. ‘The 25 iShares ETFs that can be traded commission-free at Fidelity are so-called core funds that can be used as the major building blocks in a diversified portfolio.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As John Spence of MarketWatch recently writes, “Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and investors stand to benefit from lower costs.” … Read more →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nOnline Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"As John Spence of MarketWatch recently writes, “Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and investors stand to benefit from lower costs.” … Read more →\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@marketriders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@marketriders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MarketRiders\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/\",\"name\":\"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-16T21:07:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-21T15:34:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/f2be262f5c0f3ed5ad50d6c40640ba8c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/\",\"name\":\"MarketRiders.com\",\"description\":\"How To Become A Better Investor\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/f2be262f5c0f3ed5ad50d6c40640ba8c\",\"name\":\"MarketRiders\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e06113f594828daaf313d283544d566?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e06113f594828daaf313d283544d566?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MarketRiders\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/author\/support\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders","twitter_description":"As John Spence of MarketWatch recently writes, “Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and investors stand to benefit from lower costs.” … Read more →","twitter_creator":"@marketriders","twitter_site":"@marketriders","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MarketRiders","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/","name":"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors | MarketRiders","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-02-16T21:07:20+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-21T15:34:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/f2be262f5c0f3ed5ad50d6c40640ba8c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/online-brokers-lower-fees-on-etfs-benefiting-investors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Online Brokers Lower Fees on ETFs Benefiting Investors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/","name":"MarketRiders.com","description":"How To Become A Better Investor","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/f2be262f5c0f3ed5ad50d6c40640ba8c","name":"MarketRiders","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e06113f594828daaf313d283544d566?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e06113f594828daaf313d283544d566?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MarketRiders"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.marketriders.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/author\/support\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":819,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketriders.com\/investing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}