Transfer Out Fees
From BarCampBank's Wiki
Comparison of transfer-out fees of US-based investment firms:
- Bank of America: $ 75
- Charles Schwab: $ 50
- E*Trade: $ 60
- Fidelity: $ 50
- Firstrade: $ 50
- Just2Trade: $ 75
- Merrill Lynch: $ 75-100? (affiliated with BofA)
- Morgan Stanley: $95
- Muriel Siebert: $ 50 (retirement accounts only)
- OptionsXpress: $ 50
- Scottrade: $ 0
- Sharebuilder: $ 75 (full) $15 per security (partial)
- SogoTrade: $ 50 or 75?
- TD Ameritrade: $ 75
- Tiaa-Cref: $ 0
- TradeKing: $ 50
- WallStreet*E: $150
- WellsTrade: $ 95
- Zecco Trading: $ 50 or 60?
Firstrade, Scottrade, Sogo Trade and possibly WellsTrade all have an incentive to switch to them: reimbursement up to $100 of transfer-out fee when transferring at least $25k to them.