The ETFs available for commission-free trades include both international and domestic equity offerings; a hand full of bond, currency and alternative ETFs; one Canada preferred stock ETF; and one foreign real estate ETF.
Chalres Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) offered commission-free trades on ETFs in 2009, and Fidelity Investments shortly followed. Last year, Vanguard started offering its clients free trades on its line of ETFs. More recently, Scottrade began offering tree trades on FocusShares ETFs. TD Ameritrade (NasdaqGS: AMTD) also allows commission-free trading on around 100 ETFs from various sponsors. [Brokers Offer Commission-Free ETF Trades]
For more information on ETFs, visit our ETF 101 category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.