I use Fidelity because I have some money in a managed account with them but other money in a brokerage account with them. It costs me $7.95 per trade. My strategy has been to research companies that have a 20 year history of raising dividends. By going back 20 years, I can see which companies got through the tech bubble bursting in the 90's and the scary crash of 2008 without cutting a dividend. By investing in these companies, my net worth may go up or down on paper in any given month, but my income is always increasing, and that's real money!
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