Comment by baccredited

>Are there any specific banks that I should avoid?

I like to avoid all of the bailout banks. These guys invested customer money irresponsibly and had to be rescued by the federal government: https://money.cnn.com/news/specials/storysupplement/bankbail...

I ended up using schwab.com and have been happy with them so far. (Until recently I was with etrade, but they were bought out by Morgan Stanley.)