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Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 2 days ago

Started out in Fidelity Go, which gave a spread across small, medium, large, bond and international funds at no cost, before later self-managing.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 21 days ago

They use Vanguard Digital Advisor, which bought only total US and international stock funds in an aggressive profile, because work rules keep them from self-directing, and recently found they can tweak the split and funds.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 22 days ago

They hold Fidelity Go with an aggressive mix that has not been changed, and say they would not mind if Go adjusted the strategy during market corrections since that is what they signed up for.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 33 days ago

They tried Schwab Intelligent Portfolios at its most aggressive allocation and found six months of performance lackluster, so they switched to a self-managed three fund portfolio with Schwab funds.

Reddit · r/investingforbeginners · 36 days ago

A year in the robo-advisor produced a return around negative 0.5 percent, less than a high-yield savings account would have earned, and advisers called it abnormal but could not suggest what to change.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They used Fidelity Go for one to two years with no problems and some gains, but returns trailed the S&P 500, so they sold out and no longer use it.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They used Fidelity Go for hands-off investing and say it automatically shifted their aggressive strategy to a conservative one after they missed an email, costing them growth, so they plan to leave and self-direct.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They saw their Fidelity Go account drop out of an aggressive strategy once because the target date had been reached, and fixed it by moving the target date further out so aggressive could be selected again.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They tried Fidelity Go among several robo accounts and did not like it, then moved to another robo-advisor where results were significantly better, while still using Fidelity for their own picks.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They experimented with Fidelity Go for a while, then removed the account but kept their other accounts at Fidelity and now manage their own investing there.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They tried Fidelity Go about a year ago with spare money to compare against their own picks, found nothing impressive, and say their manual investments did better over the same period.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 41 days ago

They opened Fidelity Go for their HSA, did not love it, and struggled to move it back to a self-managed HSA, being told only part of the account could be transferred and unable to close it.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 46 days ago

They have used Schwab Intelligent Portfolios for four years with solid gains and like that it does tax harvesting painlessly, but find it conservative and note their own mutual funds did better.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 47 days ago

They have been with Schwab Intelligent Portfolios since it launched and say it beats anything they built themselves, with automatic rebalancing and tax loss harvesting.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 47 days ago

They put roughly half of their non-IRA money in Schwab Intelligent Portfolios about five years ago as a test against their regular index account, and say it does quite well and handles taxes.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 47 days ago

They used Schwab Intelligent Portfolios for years in taxable accounts and it performed wonderfully, but harvesting stopped working as gains grew, leaving a tax bomb that needed their Schwab advisor to turn it off.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 48 days ago

They have used Schwab Intelligent Portfolios for about four years and like it, running several separate buckets each set to its own risk level.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 48 days ago

They set up a moderately aggressive Schwab Intelligent Portfolios account a few years ago and still keep it. Performance seems reasonable but not stellar, though tax loss harvesting keeps realized gains minimal.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 48 days ago

They hold one of their wife's IRAs in Schwab Intelligent Portfolios and are satisfied with the performance, calling it set-and-forget and not world beating but not badly lagging the market.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 48 days ago

They hold a global Schwab Intelligent Portfolios allocation in their IRA at roughly 82 percent stock and report it is up about 60 percent over the last three years.

Reddit · r/investing · 65 days ago

Feels Acorns was ripping them off and is struggling with great difficulty to close the account.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 66 days ago

Transferred their Acorns holdings to Fidelity and closed the account without owing taxes, although Acorns charged a fee.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 69 days ago

They switched to Schwab Intelligent Portfolios a month ago after growing tired of market swings and report a modest gain so far, along with much lower stress.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 80 days ago

They opened Fidelity Go as an experiment, saw strong gains since 2024 and plan to stay under the free threshold, but warn about tax implications on selling and a high number of trades that make tax forms busy.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 81 days ago

They keep a Fidelity Go account alongside a lot of self-managed investing and say it is a good program for set-and-forget, but what it does is not hard to replicate with lower-cost ETFs.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 81 days ago

They had Fidelity Go and cancelled because the management fee felt too high and the portfolio held too large a share of bonds; they moved to a self-managed brokerage account with a global stock fund.

Reddit · r/investing · 84 days ago

They hold two taxable accounts in Fidelity Go but are considering moving the larger one to a cheaper self-picked index fund because Go's fee seems high compared with doing it themselves.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 84 days ago

Left Betterment after almost ten years because accumulated tax losses slowed with account maturity and the fees outweighed the benefit.

Reddit · r/investing · 85 days ago

Trying to close the Acorns account over its monthly fee and finding it much harder than expected to transfer the portfolio, including a bitcoin ETF, to Robinhood.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 86 days ago

They paid a monthly fee for Vanguard Digital Advisor on their 401k for a decade, mostly set-and-forget, and only recently noticed how large the fee had grown. They are now leaning toward cancelling and using a target date fund.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 86 days ago

They use Vanguard Digital Advisor and accept the small fee because they believe it makes better investment decisions than they could, and at their age they prefer not to manage things themselves.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 98 days ago

Has used Acorns since 2017 with round-ups on linked cards and a regular monthly deposit, but is unsure it is the best place to grow their money.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 99 days ago

Likes Betterment's tools, ability to link other accounts for a net-worth snapshot, and tax-loss harvesting, though they lose more in fees than they would like.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 133 days ago

Has used Betterment since about 2015 and finds automatic tax-loss harvesting roughly covers the low fees on an entirely fire-and-forget account, though the fee grows with the balance.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 133 days ago

Uses Betterment and is happy with its simplicity.

Reddit · r/RothIRA · 158 days ago

Opened a Fidelity Go robo Roth IRA in undergrad because they knew little about investing and liked having it invest automatically, and the account has grown since.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 165 days ago

They hold three Schwab Intelligent Portfolios (taxable with tax loss harvesting, IRA rollover and Roth), tested several robo brands against each other, and picked Schwab mainly for quick phone support.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 168 days ago

They rolled a 401K into a Schwab Intelligent Portfolio in 2020, report strong growth since, and like that it handles rebalancing; the cash sweep suits them as they take distributions, and they are happy with it.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 169 days ago

They moved from stressful day trading to a max-risk Schwab Intelligent Portfolio, are up about 10 percent in three months, accept the cash holding as savings-like, and say they quite like it.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 169 days ago

They closed their Schwab Intelligent Portfolio after a few months because their taxable account, IRA and target date fund matched or beat it with lower fees, and they prefer doing their own transfers.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 171 days ago

Uses Acorns for weekly recurring investments and likes the round-ups, but hit a linking error when trying to fund it from a Fidelity brokerage account.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 178 days ago

Judges the Acorns fees and auto-invest not worth the subscription and plans to move their Later account to a Fidelity IRA.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 187 days ago

Was a Wealthfront client; email responses are good but there is zero live support, unlike Schwab branches.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 192 days ago

Feels they were cajoled into Betterment's tax-loss-harvesting portfolio and now holds large unrealized gains, with little more harvesting possible and a messy portfolio to exit.

Reddit · r/investing · 194 days ago

They are dissatisfied with how much cash their Schwab Intelligent Portfolio holds, and even after moving to a more risk-accepting strategy the cash share stayed high, leaving them unsure how they feel.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 203 days ago

They use Fidelity Go across four different accounts and say it has been doing well, up roughly 7% to 13% in six months, while warning to watch the balance threshold for the no-fee tier.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 204 days ago

They tried Fidelity Go but eventually moved to a self-managed account holding Fidelity zero-fee index funds, which they find equally hands-off, more aggressive and free of advisory fees.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 204 days ago

They hold Fidelity Go in their Roth IRA and report that some of the funds inside it have posted strong returns, around 19% and 23% over the period they looked at.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 204 days ago

They opened a Fidelity Go account in 2018 and have been pretty happy with it, noting Fidelity added more funds over time; Go is the only robo advisor they have used.

Reddit · r/investing · 213 days ago

They have Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Premium mainly for unlimited CFP access, which they found worth it, but plan to leave and object to the large cash requirement, calling Schwab reasoning for it weak.

Reddit · r/investing · 213 days ago

They put Roth money for themselves and a spouse into very aggressive Schwab Intelligent Portfolios last fall and are surprisingly happy, with gains that beat most of their other investments over the period.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 214 days ago

Says Betterment raised its fee from 0.15% to 0.25% and left them with 8 funds that are hard to rebalance after transferring out.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 215 days ago

Was a big fan of Wealthfront at first, but as the portfolio grew the fee became one of their biggest monthly expenses and tax-loss harvesting faded.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 215 days ago

Transferred out of Betterment, saying it just buys popular index funds and charges a premium, though it was a low-friction way to get started.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 219 days ago

A new investor who opened Fidelity Go about eight months earlier with recurring deposits, they checked their statements and found a small overall loss, and asked whether that was normal for the robo-advisor.

Reddit · r/investing · 225 days ago

Eight-year Wealthfront Roth IRA holder who turned down a competitor's transfer bonus, preferring Wealthfront's interface and automated tools.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They set their Schwab Intelligent Portfolio fairly aggressively and found it lost far less than the S&P 500 in a down quarter, calling it working as intended despite lagging in the prior year, and like its cash interest.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They hold a Schwab Intelligent Portfolio alongside other ETFs and note that during the recent drop their Intelligent Portfolio is barely down while their other ETFs fell noticeably.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They are very happy with Schwab Intelligent Portfolios, accept the cash held, and like answering risk questions and making a monthly deposit while Schwab handles the investing, since they lack time to manage markets.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They hold a Schwab Intelligent Portfolio and wish it kept less in cash, though they acknowledge the cash is placed in a money market type fund rather than sitting idle.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They tried Schwab Intelligent Portfolios for their Roth IRA but left because it always kept 5 to 7 percent in cash, which they felt was too much and limited the money working in ETFs.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 226 days ago

They keep a sizable portion in a fairly aggressive Schwab Intelligent Portfolio, and report a solid overall return so far.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 227 days ago

Has had Betterment for years, pays the fee for simplicity, and finds the interface user friendly with good core portfolio returns and a great HYSA.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 231 days ago

Regrets opening a Fidelity Go account for taxable investing, since the robo advisor's buying and selling affects taxable income while moving to a self-managed account would trigger a larger one-time taxable event.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 232 days ago

Closed their Betterment accounts long ago because they were tired of the underperformance.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 232 days ago

Has added to a Betterment account weekly since 2018 with a 90/10 allocation.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 232 days ago

Found the Fidelity robo-advisor hot garbage compared to VT or VTI plus VXUS and took a tax hit liquidating it.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 232 days ago

Says Fidelity Go put them in municipal bonds of all things.

Reddit · r/Bogleheads · 232 days ago

Ran a horse race of several robo-advisors and found Wealthfront the only one with any alpha, calling it a great option for anyone uncomfortable with DIY.

Reddit · r/fidelityinvestments · 234 days ago

They have used Fidelity Go for about a year and most of the funds have done well, but one conservative fund holding a large share has returned almost nothing, so they questioned whether to keep the account.

Reddit · r/Schwab · 257 days ago

They left Schwab Intelligent Portfolios after the premium tier ended, opening a new self-directed Roth and moving ETFs in kind by phone; the week-long process was smooth and professional with only a mild retention pitch.

Reddit · r/personalfinance · 257 days ago

Valued the unlimited access to a certified planner on the Premium tier and is considering moving after Schwab dropped it, also finding the portfolio's cash allocation less than ideal.