I use etrade for 4 years and have found that my orders are executed quickly, the site operates free of kinks, and the services provided are excellent. I am very happy with the financial data provided and the analyst views of stocks. I do however feel the information regarding EFTs and mutual funds could be somewhat more detailed. However, as my interested in the stock market has deepened and I have expanded the research I do off of the site, I am beginning to look for a bargain broker. For someone with limited investment experience and limited interest in the stock market this may be the best broker. For serious investors, however, this may not be your site.

Sharebuilder is the first brokerage firm I have used to make stock purchases. I have found Sharebuilder to be very easy to use, especially for beginners. Additionally, the $4 trade order is reasonably priced. The only problem with the $4 trade is that you are limited as to when that order will be placed. The real time trades of $9.95 were just recently lowered, and are also reasonably priced. The website format makes it easy to navigate between screens, and the research tools provides you all of the statistics and ratios right at your finger tips.

Sharebuilder is a useful online brokerage site. I knew little and am still learning but Sharebuilder's basic tools favor a long term approach which can be easily implemented without the constant skimming off the top that many brokers take with their commission fees. The user interface is very easy to use. Also since the recent merger with ING, the product appears to be better in both style and substance. Before, the models on the frontpage just weren't the kind of people that seemed like intelligent investor types. Also, the trading fees have been reduced to a flat price of $9.99 which is good when you don't have that much money to play with. No inactivity fees is a big plus. The biggest limitations are that they almost never have IPO's that you can get in on and that they don't let you invest in many stocks listed in the pink sheets. Over all though, for Joe Blow this is a good tool. I agree with previous reviews that this is not for active traders.

Sharebuilder's are Full-service brokers, premium brokers and discount brokers. Thanks to improved satisfaction and trust scores over last year. They are the best premium broker. Phone Trading facility - Not very good when it comes to one to one service unless you have a very big portfolio.
Online System - Really a nice interface with everything integrated at one place
Service - Good.
Research - I would rate it as the best and I have not seen many long term targets are hit. They made actual trades and then compared their experiences based on several criteria, including customer-service response and research tools.

I’ve been investing with Sharebuilder for one year and I couldn’t be more impressed with their service. Sharebuilder is an excellent choice for the beginning investor or someone wbeepknows very little about stocks. Their website is easy to navigate and provides you with basic information to help you choose stocks. Monthly fees are reasonable and you can choose from three different programs and price levels depending on your need. There are also no account minimums, which is perfect for the beginning investor or one wbeepsimply doesn’t have much money to invest and would like to build a portfolio gradually. The only negative aspect to Sharebuilder is that automatic stock investments are only purchased on Tuesdays and you don’t know what you paid for a stock until after it has been purchased. This, however, is minor when compared to all the assets this company has to offer.

I highly recommend Sharebuilder to any beginning or part time investors wbeepwould like to learn how to invest independent of a broker.

Sharebuilder has an awesome automatic investment program with 7 dollar commissions. This is the best way to build a portfolio if you only can afford to invest a little at a time. The web interface makes transferring money to and from your banking account very easy. The money market any balance in your account is put in has a pretty decent rate of return. There is an easy to understand breakdown of your portfolio. If you want an immediate market order, you can purchase stock anytime for 15 dollars. There is no account minimum balance and no inactivity fees.

The draw back is that automatic stock investments are only purchased on Tuesdays, and you won't know the exact price you bought at until after it has been purchased. Also they charge extra for some premium services like a gain/loss reporting service.

Overall, I would recommend this broker to any novice or part-time investors.

Sharebuilder is a perfect web-site that helps you to invest very easily. their search engine and the information they provide about companies are very useful. I would only recommend them to educate their customers because there are millions of people wbeepwould like to invest in stocks but dont know how to do it or affraid of losing all their money. so basically they need to be educated about stock market...

Sharebuilder is a great online brokerage with easy to use features like automatic investing and low comissions. Some of their features include: No Account Minimums, Automatic Investment Plan, Real-time Trades, Express Funding, Investment Guidance, Options Trading, Margin Borrowing, Research Tools and other. They offer couple of montly fee programs if you want free automatic trades and lower fees on real time trades. For example the standard program which costs $12 offers 6 free automatic trades and $14,95 for each real time trade and Advantage program which costs $20 offers 20 free automatic trades and $11.95 each rea time trade. Each program comes with extra features, for standard program it also includes stock grades and gain and loss tracking and the advantage program it also includes portfolio tax tools, stock reports and IPO priority notification. If you subscribe to the Basic program you will not pay any montly fees but you have to pay for each automatic investment $4 and $15.95 for each real time trade. The Basic program doesn't include many of the feature that they include in the montly fee based programs, like stock grades, stock reports, gain and loss tracker and more. Based on these programs you can choose how much you want to pay and how you want to pay for the brokerage services. It is very important to note that If you chose Basic program and you have to pay $4 per automatic trade, each fee is substracted directly from the investment amount you set up to invest each week or month, therefore, if you want to invest $50 regulary you better make it $54 so you can cover the brokerage charge. All in all I believe that Sharebuilder offers a greater flexibility and choices when it comes to their fees and investment options compared with other online brokerages firms.