Scottrade sucks so bad on this one.
Their S&P500 index MFs all got about 0.5% expense ratio; this is about 9
times more on than Vanguard's VOO ETF.
If you want to save on the transaction fees, you may want to use IB, Zecco,
Vanguard, or others that don't charge you a fee when you trade Vanguard ETF.
I think Scottrade is great for ppl who dont have money or the ppl who dont
know much about investing. I found their Tutorial and Webcast are quite
useful. It's like a mini google tool that I can google stuffs and find out
how things work quick.