AJ Bell Youinvest vs Halifax 2019

To find a right broker for share dealing, we spent seven months and hundreds of hours of assessing 12 different share dealing brokers based in the UK. Here, we will focus on two brokers and compare AJ Bell Youinvest vs Halifax.

Our comparison begins with the fees charged for dealing shares in the UK and being a client. The two main charges to focus on include the cost to place each trade alongside the monthly, quarterly, or annual management fee charged (varies depending on the type and size of your portfolio). We researched both to provide a single star rating for cost. Halifax is a better option with a 4.00 star rating over AJ Bell Youinvest's 3.50 star rating.

Account charges aside, we can now compare features and tools investors want in their share dealing accounts. Access to the investments is important, and Halifax provides its clients with ISA and SIPP while AJ Bell Youinvest provides clients access to ISA, ISA - Junior, SIPP and SIPP - Junior. Also, some investors require a high-quality charting experience, so the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available, as well as stock alerts, are considered. AJ Bell Youinvest and Halifax offer the same number of charting tools, 1. Halifax boasts an offering of 43 different indicators (for example, moving averages) compared to AJ Bell Youinvest's 10 available indicators. Halifax makes basic stock alerts available to clients, while AJ Bell Youinvest does not. Lastly, for researching mutual funds while share dealing, being able to view a research report can be helpful. AJ Bell Youinvest makes fund research reports available to clients, while Halifax does not.

Overall, between AJ Bell Youinvest and Halifax, AJ Bell Youinvest is the winner.

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