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When Merrill Edge began operating, Merrill Lynch advisers were pushed to hand over customers whose accounts held less than $250,000 in assets to the new service, which uses employees in centralized ...

Merrill Edge uses a standard base-plus commission schedule in which each trade is assessed a flat fee, plus a variable fee based on the number of options traded. Data source: company website. Many ...

Before you can buy stocks, options, or funds, you'll need a brokerage account to help you make your trades. Luckily, opening an account with an online discount broker takes just a few minutes and ...

Bank of America has spent years building both an online brokerage, Merrill Edge, and several robo-advisors. The company now has more than $450 billion in assets on these platforms. Although the bank ...

At Merrill Edge, providing the best investment research and trade ideas to its clients is of the highest priority. So, it ...