>>23812136I'm assuming you actually live in the US and are an American. Some of the more established brokerages for buying shares are E*TRADE (I think they're owned by Morgan Stanley), Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. These guys have all been around for a few decades and should be safe. Of the above, Fidelity is privately owned so it *might* be less prone to doing stupid things to goose its stock price and increase executive bonuses. The CEO is a descendant (the granddaughter?) of the founder.
Things like Robinhood and WeBull are newer and might be okay. I know that Robinhood sells flow data to companies like Citadel.
Interactive Brokers has been around a long time, too, but it seems they're more geared toward institutional investors and active traders. Internative Brokers is good in that you can buy and sell equities in many bourses all across the world. The brokerages above are far more limited and might even be limited to only buying and selling ADRs (American Depository Receipts).
I personally have accounts with Fidelity and Charles Schwab and for regular equities purchases, I pay no fees. There might be tiny fees for buying pink sheet stocks or foreign stocks. You'll have to check their web sites for their schedules of fees to see.
