Alice Hoekstra is a former Content Strategist for Motley Fool Money, where she worked full-time for almost five years. Alice worked on content across a wide range of financial topics, including credit ...

In an always-connected world, the trading floor now fits in your pocket. Whether you're buying stocks on your commute or monitoring options between meetings, today’s best mobile trading platforms ...

These days you don’t have to pay a penny in commissions to trade stocks or ETFs or fork over a dime to access investment research and portfolio management tools. It’s the perks that’ll cost you extra.