I just wanted to learn more about what investment firm is best. I'm sure a few of you guys invest so I'll take any advice I can get. I don't care if the economy is down right now.

 

you're going to have to expand your question.
i work for an investment advisor. are you looking for a broker or a custodian (where you self-direct)?

and "economy is down" is the exact time to be investing. the idea is buy low, sell high.

 

i guess im looking for a broker. ya i know about buy low sell high. tia.

 

my personal advice is to read up on index mutual funds or etf's. the number one enemy of investing is fees. a broker is going to hit you up the wazoo with commissions and doesn't necessarily have a fidicuary duty. set it and forget it. keep adding to it with a consistent investment policy/model. no need to aim for the fences. base hits will do.

if you really feel you want something else and want to go to "professionals" and you've got $1mil in investable assets i'd recommend my firm as an investment advisor. i'm not sure how many people on the board that would really be. haha. otherwise PM me and i can recommend some smaller investment advisors.

 

Isn't Charles Schwab a pretty good way to escape the fees and commissions? I had bit of money I put into schwab a month ago but haven't researched where I want to put it to set.

 

you can trade without a fee with bank of america brokerage account
if you meet their requirement

 

schwab is nice if u get their active trading package, i think u have to make 120 trades before u get that suite of resources... live quotes, dashboards,etc. really useful. thats what i use.