Fidelity Joins Price War With No Online Trade Commissions

  • Firm says it offers an edge with trade execution, cash yields
  • Move is latest in series of fee cuts by Boston-based company
Fidelity Investments office in New York.Photographer: Jenny Kane/ap
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Fidelity Investments is crashing the free-trading party, challenging rivals in a gambit to lure assets by ending commissions.

The firm will offer not only zero commissions for online buying and selling of U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds and options, but also provide higher yields for cash balances and better trade execution, according to an announcement Thursday.