Pricing of Stock Trades Varies Widely Among Popular Brokers, Study Finds

Brokerages aren’t created equal when it comes to getting investors a good deal on trades. 

A recent academic study found wide disparities in the prices that investors get when buying and selling stocks through a half dozen popular brokerages. TD Ameritrade delivered the best prices, the study found, followed by Fidelity Investments, E*Trade and Robinhood Markets Inc.