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I compared Schwab and Betterment and found the following:
Schwab charges no additional fees while Betterment charges 0.15% (for $100k+) but:
The average expense ratio of the ETFs in Schwab's aggressive portfolio varies between 0.22% and 0.27%, while…
I believe Ted's bullying, his unhelpful gloating over anyone not 100% long SPY and the link firehose is more than enough justification for an ignore feature or outright ban.
I believe Ted's great contribution to this board is his practical skeptici…
Flawed and misleading article.
First, if you invest in an index via an ETF you can all but ignore his argument that "the index can substitute at no penalty but you can't" (the turnover of VTI was 3.2% in 2012). Instead of using an ETF, I believe h…
