I've been using E-Trade for about five or six years now, and I can honestly say it's an excellent and well-done site. I considered other brokers when I opened my account, but I am glad I stuck with E-Trade. While the commissions are not extremely cheap, and probably just average for an online broker, there's much more to keep you here. There is a ton of additional information for pretty much every stock you can think of. There are multiple sources of analyst research and reviews. In addition to being a great brokerage site, they also offer banking services and more. E-Trade has high-yield savings accounts, checking accounts, credit & debit cards, roll-over retirement accounts, and even pretty low mortgages. All of these extensive services definitely make this a site more than worthwhile. I absolutely recommend E-Trade to both casual traders and long-term investors for its ease of use and wealth of information. You can’t go wrong with putting your money here.