I currently have an account with Fidelity and love their ease and their customer service for transactions and technical issues is excellent. I also love the no commissions. What I don't like is, other than trying to sell me packaged products, they are not a great source of insight nor can my advisor give me any advice.
I moved over from Merrill Lynch because I was not happy about paying $100s of dollars in commissions for trades that I came up with and initiated. I do understand that what I was paying for was their expertise and guidance and I loved talking to my broker about the economy, ideas, what his ML people were saying, etc.
So perhaps I am looking for a unicorn, but I would like to find a brokerage that might charge a bit more than fidelity (but less than ML) but that also is willing to give advice, produce analyst reports and maybe even have a learning center that aren't just ads for products.
Does this exist? TIA