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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: BlkSC on January 22, 2020, 01:39:30 PM

Title: TD Ameritrade alternative to Vanguard VTSAX
Post by: BlkSC on January 22, 2020, 01:39:30 PM
My HSA is through HSA Bank and investing is done through TD Ameritrade. Buying VTSAX through TD Ameritrade costs $20 per transaction so I'm curious if there is something similar to VTSAX that you'd recommend that wouldn't cost anything to purchase? Thanks!
Title: Re: TD Ameritrade alternative to Vanguard VTSAX
Post by: EvenSteven on January 22, 2020, 01:43:53 PM
SPTM would be their commission free etf equivalent to VTI.
Title: Re: TD Ameritrade alternative to Vanguard VTSAX
Post by: Hargrove on January 22, 2020, 04:03:48 PM
VTI :)

It's VTSAX as an ETF.

ETF and stock commissions are $0 now.
Title: Re: TD Ameritrade alternative to Vanguard VTSAX
Post by: terran on January 23, 2020, 07:59:04 AM
Here's a list of ETFs that have "always" traded commission free at TD Ameritrade listed by their Vanguard equivalent: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/TD_Ameritrade but as @Hargrove points out (I haven't checked, but lots of brokerages are going that way, so not surprising, so I have no reason to doubt) you can probably just use Vanguard ETFs commission free too.
Title: Re: TD Ameritrade alternative to Vanguard VTSAX
Post by: MustacheAndaHalf on January 24, 2020, 02:32:17 AM
Schwab bought TD Ameritrade last year, which has probably influenced TD Ameritrade's pricing:
https://www.tdameritrade.com/pricing.page

They now charge $0/ETF or stock, buying or selling.  So there's lots of choices for total U.S. stock market ETFs.
If you prefer Vanguard, there's "VTI".  I also like iShares, ITOT.  Both of those charge 0.03% and hold ~3500 stocks.

Have you considered getting international exposure to equities?  Maybe VXUS or IXUS?
You could keep 80% US, but have 20% be international.  In prior decades, US and international took turns beating each other, so consider international for diversification.