Even though I cannot attest to a lot of the criticism that the transfer agent computershare.com receives on a regular basis as a forum for buying stocks, I know a lot of people have written me, saying, “They’ve gotten a lot of bad online reviews. I’m not comfortable going there, are there any other options worth looking at?”
Normally, I’ve pointed to something like Sharebuilder if your goal is to keep costs low because they have a special plan that lends itself to dollar-cost-averaging into whatever you want (pretty much) for $12 month (which allows you to pick 12 different things to invest into each month). Or, you could just go through a brokerage house like Charles Schwab, pay the $7.95, and go to bed knowing that your money is secure. Given this is your life’s savings we’re talking about, fretting over a few bucks here and there could be … Read the rest of this article!