{"id":22931,"date":"2024-12-17T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2024\/12\/17\/e-trade-plans-zero-cost-funds-that-only-platform-clients-can-buy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T22:46:06","slug":"e-trade-plans-zero-cost-funds-that-only-platform-clients-can-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/e-trade-plans-zero-cost-funds-that-only-platform-clients-can-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Trade Plans Zero-Cost Funds That Only Platform Clients Can Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/909574430\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/909574430\/0\/thinkadvisor.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2021\/08\/E-Trade_Website_BB_640x640.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><!----><!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-3b62a44e readability=\"9\">\n<p>E-Trade is just one of many trading platform options investors have to choose from after a number of fintech firms arose to challenge the traditional brokerages over the past few years. A Morgan Stanley spokesperson declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-3b62a44e readability=\"12\">\n<p>The planned funds include the E*TRADE No Fee Large Cap Index Fund, the E*TRADE No Fee Total Market Index Fund, the E*TRADE No Fee International Index Fund, the E*TRADE No Fee Municipal Bond Index Fund and the E*TRADE No Fee U.S. Bond Index Fund.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-3b62a44e readability=\"12.600558659218\">\n<p>Fidelity\u2019s line-up of no-fee funds has found an audience, with the Fidelity Zero Total Market Index Fund now commanding nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/fundresearch.fidelity.com\/mutual-funds\/summary\/31635T708\">$26 billion<\/a> in assets. While it\u2019s unclear if the free funds have managed to bring in new clients to the brokerage platform, that kind of growth is impressive in the indexing business, according to Morningstar Research Services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-3b62a44e readability=\"12\">\n<p>\u201cLoss leaders&nbsp;induce people to come, stay, and be up- or cross-sold,\u201d said Jeffrey Ptak, chief ratings officer at Morningstar Research Services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div data-v-3b62a44e readability=\"11\">\n<p><i>Credit: Bloomberg<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer_message\">Copyright 2024 Bloomberg. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-Trade is just one of many trading platform options investors have to choose from after a number of fintech firms arose to challenge the traditional brokerages over the past few years. A Morgan Stanley&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/e-trade-plans-zero-cost-funds-that-only-platform-clients-can-buy.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}