Schwab online

Hi

Does anyone use Charles Schwab for online investing in the US? How do they compare to keytrade (another name I have seen in numerous posts), TDameritrade and eTrade?

Is there any issue using these as an Irish resident?

Regards
Invman

Hi,

I've had an account with Schwab in the past. I currently have accounts with TDameritrade and eTrade, they are both excellent - way cheaper to trade than the rip-off Irish brokers. Schwab were fine also, but I closed the account as they started to bring in account charges if you didn't do enough trades each quarter.
I had no issues opening these accounts as an Irish reisdent (have then both around 8 years now).

I have traded with etrade in the past as an Irish resident..It seems now they want account holders to have UK bank accounts which is stipulated on their website..