2019 Best-Of Investing
We believe you deserve the best. That's why we spent countless hours researching and comparing to bring you this year’s best investing services, many of which are from our partners. We considered over 15 factors for online brokers and robo-advisors, like account fees and minimums, customer support and mobile app capabilities.
Best Brokers for Stock Trading

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Best Brokers for Beginners

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Best Brokers for IRAs

Charles Schwab Read full review >

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SoFi Wealth Read full review >

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Vanguard Read full review >

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Best Robo-Advisors

Betterment Read full review >

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Vanguard Personal Advisor Services Read full review >

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Wealthsimple Read full review >
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Frequently asked questions
Great question. NerdWallet's ratings formulas for online brokers and robo-advisors takes into account over 15 factors, including account fees and minimums, investment choices, customer support and mobile app capabilities.
NerdWallet’s awards are given annually to the best of the best. Our other lists of top products throughout the year may be longer than the lists of award winners, offer additional consumer choices and get updated as products change, products are discontinued and new products emerge.
NerdWallet's award winners are chosen through a rigorous evaluation process involving roughly three dozen writers and editors. For each financial product, we assess the features that we believe are most important to consumers.
Writers and editors use comprehensive scoring formulas that assess each financial product’s key features, weighting them according to their importance to consumers.
Nope. Editorial team members are solely responsible for creating all product reviews and ratings, and these assessments reflect their opinions alone. Only products that meet the editorial team’s standards appear in our Best-Of lists, meaning no company can “buy” an award.