As an admitted discipline-lacking trader, I'm looking to consolidate the majority of funds in my TDA rollover/traditional IRA by putting them into a Vanguard Target Retirement Fund (2055 or 2060 as a 33 y/o).

I realize TDA charges a ~$50 commission fee to purchase mutual funds (which a Vanguard TR fund would be), but I can usually get TDA to throw some free trades whenever I call. Aside from the commission to purchase the TR fund, my main concern is that I'm overlooking some other sort of "hidden" fee/expense/commission through TDA that would make it stupid for me to purchase and hold a Vanguard TR fund there as opposed to on Vanguard.

My preference is to stay with TDA, as I also have my cash account and Roth IRA there, and their online interface is far superior to Vanguard's.

Is there any fee/expense concern I'm missing that would warrant moving to Vanguard simply to purchase one of their TR funds?

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Posted by Sho Nuff

Oahu

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 4/14/17 at 7:09 pm to Jwodie

You don't have to pay $50 each time if you're buying the same MF, set it up for a regular deposit and you only pay the $50 once per fund. I do TDA for my i401k and I'm buying Vanguard mostly. But I have bought some other ETF's as well and TDA has more options.

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Posted by Jwodie

New Orleans

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Posted on 4/16/17 at 2:56 pm to Sho Nuff

I mainly do large adds a couple times per year, so your note gets back to my point of not being concerned with the initial TDA commission ~$50) to purchase the Vanguard TR fund.

I'm mainly concerned with there being some other TDA cost/expense/fee I'm missing that would make it worth me moving entirely from TDA to Vanguard, merely to buy and hold one of their target retirement funds.

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Posted by Jwodie

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Posted on 4/19/17 at 6:20 pm to Jwodie

Anyone have any insight here? My uncertainty must be warranted...