Get a $50 account bonus with ShareBuilder

Offered by: ING DIRECT

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Start buying with ShareBuilder and get a special $50 account bonus when you open a new account. Stocks start at just $4, and there are no inactivity fees, and no account or investment minimums. Start investing the easy way with ING Direct’s ShareBu

Take advantage of this $55 promotion by:

Opening a new account and depositing at least $50 by 4/16/10
Bonus will be awarded within 4-6 weeks of first deposit
Individual, Joint, and Custodial accounts are eligible

With ShareBuilder, you can buy stocks for $4 with automatic investing. 3 easy steps:

1. Select from over 7,000 stocks and ETFs
2. Schedule investments on weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis
3. Invest any dollar amount on Tuesdays exclusively online

Buy stocks online and invest your money at ShareBuilder, with ING Direct.

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This is a good deal for those scared of the online brokers and the mumbo jumbo on their sites. It's OK for fund investors and those who want to start a DRIP plan and for those folks looking for a riskier alternative to a boring 1% savings account.

If you're looking for SAFETY and some higher returns than savings, and $0 fees--you are better off going to TreasuryDirect, opening a free account with the government, and buying bonds directly from Uncle Sam.

You can transfer money in and out for free and it costs you nothing. Don't pay to buy these bonds through the other online sites when you can pay zero-fees and get the tax advantages.

christoofar 10 months ago

Very interesting, I will consider both buying stock and bonds.

chapellw 9 months ago

It says $25 but I just got $50 for signing up with this link. And I already had accounts with Sharebuilder, so you can still take advantage of this regardless if you're already investing there. It will simply create a new account and you'll get the bonus a few weeks after your first deposit.

brianguy 7 months ago

I would definitely recommend Sharebuilder for those who are INVESTING as opposed to trading. If you are like me and only want to invest $200 a month in 6 securities ($33.35 for one and $33.33 for the other 5...that's $200 flat) than, you sign up for the Standard plan, pay the $12 monthly program charge on your credit card (I did not know you could do that, in all honesty until I signed up for the automatic plan...that actually made a difference in deciding to invest) and then choose to invest on any Tuesday you want. (I have it on the last Tuesday, but it's completely up to you). You then get 6 trades and everything is on auto pilot. The cost of the trades amount to $2 per security. As opposed to the $4 with the basic plan. I would have been spending $24 instead of $12. Plus I have 5 free real time trades that I hope to use on a down day, or maybe sell a winner and buy a loser. By the end of of the year, I hope to have $1300-$1500 and then the following year have at minimum $2400 and at maximum $3000 invested yearly. Hopefully, I'll have a nice chunk of change in 2020 thanks to Sharebuilder. Overall, I HIGHLY recommend it if you are ready to invest in whatever you're comfortable with.

AboveAverage 4 months ago