The platforms are more or less the same. Schwab, E-Trade, TD Ameritrade, even Robinhood, all will take your deposits and buy your stocks. If you're depositing $10k plus, some of them might give you $100+ to go with them.
Your bigger decision is whether to go active or passive. For 90% or more of the population in your situation, the best thing to do is buy a Target Retirement Date fund, contribute to it regularly, and gradually build wealth the safe and boring way.
There is a very small percentage of people who can genuinely beat the market. If you're asking the question in OP, you're not there yet. Go back to option 1, park your money there, and do a lot of reading. "Where Are the Customers' Yachts" and "You Can Be a Stock Market Genius" (terrible title, great book) are good places to start.
ProjectArcturisonMay 21, 2021
Your bigger decision is whether to go active or passive. For 90% or more of the population in your situation, the best thing to do is buy a Target Retirement Date fund, contribute to it regularly, and gradually build wealth the safe and boring way.
There is a very small percentage of people who can genuinely beat the market. If you're asking the question in OP, you're not there yet. Go back to option 1, park your money there, and do a lot of reading. "Where Are the Customers' Yachts" and "You Can Be a Stock Market Genius" (terrible title, great book) are good places to start.