Across seven decades, Waddell and Reed has sold its mutual funds to individual investors primarily through financial advisors. The invest ... Read More »

Founded by low-cost crusader John Bogle in 1975, Vanguard is lauded for cheap, low-maintenance index funds. Based in Valley Forge, Pennsy ... Read More »

Charles Schwab founded his namesake firm in 1973, and it has since grown to be one of the largest discount brokerage firms in the United ... Read More »

State Farm provides numerous insurance and financial products to millions of customers around the United States. The top provider of auto ... Read More »

Based in San Mateo, Calif., Franklin Templeton Investments, the trade name for Franklin Resources, manages several families of mutual fun ... Read More »

TD Ameritrade has toughed it out by consolidating first with several other online discount brokerages and then with bricks-and-clicks pro ... Read More »

Based in Los Angeles, California, The Capital Group is a global investing powerhouse. Its operating unit Capital Research and Management ... Read More »

Fidelity Investments may be a family operation, but the Boston-based fund management firm is glad to bring everyone in. One of the larges ... Read More »

Founded in 1914 in New York, Merrill Lynch is one of the world's largest investment banking and securities firms. The company employs nea ... Read More »

One of the largest banks in the United States, with nearly 6,000 offices around the country, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo can circle i ... Read More »