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Consumer Reports names Betterment in top five for customer service with USAA, Schwab, Vanguard and T. Rowe Price

The recognition flies in the face of a bias against that says robos can't hold hands with their bony robot fingers

Author Lisa Shidler August 14, 2015 at 8:05 PM
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Jon Stein frequently rolls up his sleeves to handle Betterment investor queries as part of his non-robo strategy.

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Willy05

Willy05

August 15, 2015 — 3:40 PM

Agree Consumer Reports was off base in including Betterment in this list of brokerages. Betterment should have been grouped with other similar Robo advisors, not full service brokers.


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