Subject: Re: OT: Schwab for primary brokerage
My Ameritrade account was also moved to Schwab. They did a good job of moving it seamlessly. My BRK interest has moved from Vanguard to Fidelity to Ameritrade to Schwab. All the previous moves were back in the high commision days when they would give you up to $500 for opening a brokerage account with a decent balance. I regularly moved BRK and called it my BRK dividend.

I had a Schwab account just for the commission free debit card. I once found an ATM in Argentina with a $14 fee and a $60 maximum. The only game in town during a banking issue. I ran the Schwab card about six times, and they refunded all the ATM charges.