Charles Schwab
Vanguard
Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and traders looking for solid research, low fees and great customer service
Recommended for Long-term investors looking for great ETF and mutual fund selection
USA
USA
Fees
Low trading and non-trading fees, high fund fees
Average trading fees, low non-trading fees, free stock and ETF trading
Stock and ETF fees
Forex fees
Fund fees
Bond fees
Options fees
Futures fees
Crypto fees
CFD fees
Non-trading fees
Deposit and withdrawal
1
1
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$0
$0
1 day
1-3 days
Proof of identity: SSN and national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill
Proof of identity: SSN / passport / national ID card / driver's license
Trading platform
Markets and products
Research, education
Great
Poor
Customer service
Security
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
$500,000 (securities up to $500,000, cash up to $250,000)
1971
1975
USA, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore
USA
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Charles Schwab's service is on par with Vanguard's and a comparison of their fees shows that Charles Schwab's fees are similar to Vanguard's.
Account opening takes about the same effort at Charles Schwab compared to Vanguard, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at Charles Schwab, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Vanguard's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Charles Schwab as being of the same quality as the platform of Vanguard, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Charles Schwab, while Vanguard provides less useful research and education.
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