There are options for a brokerage account the one we’re exploring here as well as traditional and Roth IRA’s. Brokers Interactive Brokers vs. Choosing such a broad investment will also help me maintain a semblance of journalistic integrity — no stock calls here, sorry! Once we buy an equity, ETF, or bond, this will change. In fact, the bank has financial connections with more than half of Americans. That’s similar to a new offering TDAmeritrade announced earlier this year.