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Open a Fidelity Youth™ Account for your teen, and $50¹ will be deposited into their account. No account fees or minimums.

Account Benefits:
  • Open a Fidelity Youth™ Account once they download the Fidelity Youth app and activate their Youth Account.
  • The app is free²—plus, no monthly fees or account minimums to open.³
  • Teens get their own debit card with no domestic ATM fees.⁴
  • Interactive lessons, video, articles, tools, and calculators help jumpstart your teen's financial education. Teens get reward dollars for every level they complete.
  • Learning to invest is easy. Teens can invest in stocks, mutual funds, and ETFs with as little as $1.⁵
  • Parents can keep an eye on their teen's spending, set up alerts, and maintain visibility into account and trading activity.
  • Teens are empowered to make, manage, and invest their own money so they feel more prepared for their financial future.
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Disclosures:
The Fidelity Youth Account can only be opened by a parent/guardian. Account eligibility limited to teens aged 13-17.

¹Limited Time Offer. Terms Apply. Before opening a Fidelity Youth Account, you should carefully read the accent agreement and ensure that you fully understand your responsibilities to monitor and supervise your teen's activity in the account.

²The Fidelity Youth™ app is free to download. Fees associated with your account positions or transacting in your account apply.

³ Zero account minimums and zero account fees apply to retail brokerage accounts only. Expenses charged by investments (e.g., funds, managed accounts, and certain HSAs) and commissions, interest charges, or other expenses for transactions may still apply. See Fidelity.com/commissions for further details.

⁴Your Youth Account will automatically be reimbursed for all ATM fees charged by other institutions while using the Fidelity® Debit Card at any ATM displaying the Visa®, Plus®, or Star® logos. The reimbursement will be credited to the account the same day the ATM fee is debited. Please note, for foreign transactions, there may be a 1% fee included in the amount charged to your account. The Fidelity® Debit Card is issued by PNC Bank, N.A, and the debit card program is administered by BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust Company. These entities are not affiliated with each other, and Fidelity is not affiliated with PNC Bank or BNY Mellon. Visa is a registered trademark of Visa International Service Association, and is used by PNC Bank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc.

⁵Fractional shares quantities can be entered out to 3 decimal places (.001) as long as the value of the order is at least $0.01. Dollar-based trades can be entered out to 2 decimal places (e.g. $250.00)

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For those interested

Note, offer valid for a limited time only or while promotion last

This may be useful for parents/guardians looking to jump-start their kids financial learning
  • Fidelity Offer: Parent/Guardian: Open a New Fidelity Youth Account for Your Teen Aged 13-17 & Receive Free $50 Reward Offer
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Introducing the Fidelity Youth Account. Accessible through the Fidelity Mobile App, the experience is customized for teens 13 to 17 to help them learn to save, spend, and invest.
For a limited time when you open a Fidelity Youth Account for your teen, they will get a $50 reward

Parent/guardian must have a Fidelity account first, so you can provide hands-on support, monitor their account, easily transfer money, and more. You can open accounts for yourself and your teen with no account fees or minimums.
  • Free Debit Card
    • Teens get a free debit card, with no subscription fees, no account fees, no minimum balances, and no domestic ATM fees
  • Save Early
    • Investing can help teens take advantage of compounding early to help them grow their money over time
  • Empowering teens with education
    • Teens can access a financial curriculum made just for them—so they can learn about saving, spending, investing, and more
  • Secure app
    • Teens can manage their money and invest using Fidelity's secure mobile app, plus link to payment apps like Venmo and PayPal.3
FAQ
  • Starting on January 24, 2022, when you (parent or guardian) initiate the opening of a new Youth Account and your teen (aged 13–17) downloads the Fidelity Mobile App and activates the new account, your teen will receive a $50 deposit as a reward
  • In order for your teen to receive the $50 reward offer, you (parent/guardian) must initiate the opening of a new Fidelity Youth Account through Fidelity.com/YouthAccount and your teen (aged 13–17) must download the Fidelity Mobile App and activate the new account on or after January 24, 2022
    • Parent/guardian must have their own Fidelity brokerage account to open an account for their teen.
    • Parent/guardian must initiate the application process and once completed, the teen will receive instructions on how to download the Fidelity Mobile App and activate their account.
    • No further investment or trading is required to qualify for the offer
    • Age of account applicant. Youth Accounts are only available for teens aged 13 to 17. If your teen is 18 or 19, they may apply for a different account type and/or offer instead
    • Limited to one offer per customer
    • Non-US residents are not eligible
  • The reward will be deposited directly to the eligible account within 10 calendar days after the teen has downloaded the Fidelity Mobile App and activated their account (which entails creating a username/password, and logging into the mobile app and accepting account agreements). Amounts deposited by Fidelity in the form of the reward will be initially held in the Fidelity Government Money Market Fund, the eligible account's core position.
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529 plan
You need to upload copy of their SSN card and another form of ID at the end for verification.
"To open and monitor your teen's account, you'll need to open one for yourself first."
I don't have an account with them.

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shut up and take my money
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eliteconcept
02-02-2022 at 08:05 AM.
02-02-2022 at 08:05 AM.
Quote from 08CivicSi :
Either way, less people are going to college. If my kid chooses not to then a 529 is a waste.
I don't disagree with that. I have a roth ira setup for my kids college fund. if they go, great it can be used for that, if not then mom and dad will have about 200k or so extra for retirement
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08CivicSi
02-02-2022 at 08:27 AM.
02-02-2022 at 08:27 AM.
Quote from eliteconcept :
I don't disagree with that. I have a roth ira setup for my kids college fund. if they go, great it can be used for that, if not then mom and dad will have about 200k or so extra for retirement

Exactly, great idea!
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Vision33r
02-02-2022 at 10:17 AM.
02-02-2022 at 10:17 AM.
529 plan is about the worst kind of financial vehicle. With great limitations and no benefits at all. So many better ways to store you assets without the limits of 529. If something emergency comes up like medical bills then you can't touch these funds without being penalized.
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eliteconcept
02-02-2022 at 10:23 AM.
02-02-2022 at 10:23 AM.
Quote from Vision33r :
529 plan is about the worst kind of financial vehicle. With great limitations and no benefits at all. So many better ways to store you assets without the limits of 529. If something emergency comes up like medical bills then you can't touch these funds without being penalized.
I waffled for weeks before I decided to go with the Roth over the 529 for the kids...but exactly the flexibility it provides over the 529 was a big factor as well.
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02-03-2022 at 07:59 AM.
02-03-2022 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from Vision33r :
529 plan is about the worst kind of financial vehicle. With great limitations and no benefits at all. So many better ways to store you assets without the limits of 529. If something emergency comes up like medical bills then you can't touch these funds without being penalized.
First thing one should have is an emergency fund to take care of emergencies... if you don't have enough savings to cover your various deductibles and 6 months or so of living expenses then that's where one should start. A 529 plan is not for emergencies and no one should be using it for such.
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CrimsonPear5906
02-03-2022 at 08:58 AM.
02-03-2022 at 08:58 AM.
FYI:

From the FAQs at the link...
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Is the Fidelity Youth Account a joint account or custodial account?

No, the Youth Account is a teen-owned brokerage account. It is owned by the minor, who makes all the investment decisions. This is unlike a custodial account (e.g., Uniform Gifts to Minors Act [UGMA] account or a Uniform Transfers to Minors Act [UTMA] account) where the custodian makes the investment decisions on the minor's behalf.
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calisoldier83
02-03-2022 at 09:02 AM.
02-03-2022 at 09:02 AM.
Quote from eliteconcept :
I waffled for weeks before I decided to go with the Roth over the 529 for the kids...but exactly the flexibility it provides over the 529 was a big factor as well.
Great idea. I opened up a regular brokerage for my kids, but the roth ira seems a lot better. I didn't want to stronghold my kids into college when they can be potentially be successful straight out of high school.
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dacripe
02-03-2022 at 11:46 AM.
02-03-2022 at 11:46 AM.
Quote from CrimsonPear5906 :
FYI:

From the FAQs at the link...
Exactly what I was going to post. Also per the page - At age 18, your teen's account will be transitioned to a retail brokerage account for free. In other words, a Fidelity Account that adults can get. It is a taxable investment account for youths, so not sure why they are pushing it like a savings/checking account. My 13 year old has the Capital One Teen Checking and Savings accounts for that.

Someone posted on here about moving their money from Vanguard to Fidelity. I did that a few years ago and it was very easy. You can invest in Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds just like their accounts. I switched everything over to Fidelity when the brokerages removed commission fees. There is a small commission fee (fractional cent) if you sell shares of non-Fidelity funds. Fidelity's website is light years better than Vanguard.
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spamdie
02-03-2022 at 02:21 PM.
02-03-2022 at 02:21 PM.
Quote from steveliv :
Neither, buy FSKAX and let it ride. Smilie
I'm more into FCNTX.

But even if you pick their Zero load funds to compete with Vanguard like FZROX. A mutual fund with only $50 will do way better then any stock you can buy with just $50 (Buying Fractional Shares is for chumps). And if they somehow re-introduce transaction fees. They never charged it for their own Mutual Funds.
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spamdie
02-03-2022 at 02:26 PM.
02-03-2022 at 02:26 PM.
Quote from dacripe :
Exactly what I was going to post. Also per the page - At age 18, your teen's account will be transitioned to a retail brokerage account for free. In other words, a Fidelity Account that adults can get. It is a taxable investment account for youths, so not sure why they are pushing it like a savings/checking account. My 13 year old has the Capital One Teen Checking and Savings accounts for that.

Someone posted on here about moving their money from Vanguard to Fidelity. I did that a few years ago and it was very easy. You can invest in Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds just like their accounts. I switched everything over to Fidelity when the brokerages removed commission fees. There is a small commission fee (fractional cent) if you sell shares of non-Fidelity funds. Fidelity's website is light years better than Vanguard.
It's just saying that your kid's account technically is under their control. And if they wanted to take the money out and run they can. You get taxed even if you are a savings account. I mean with 0.5 interest You're not going to break the $15? don't remember the number threshold they don't bother reporting to the IRS.

Also Fidelity also came out with their zero load funds to complete with Vanguard a few years back.
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jazzpianist
02-03-2022 at 07:25 PM.
02-03-2022 at 07:25 PM.
Quote from SpencerC88 :
Are there any good accounts out there for a 2 and 5 year old?

Roth IRA?
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AndrewG8296
02-04-2022 at 04:46 AM.
02-04-2022 at 04:46 AM.
Quote from SpencerC88 :
Are there any good accounts out there for a 2 and 5 year old?

Stockpile has custodial accounts for kids. I have one for my 5 year old. Mostly index funds but I got her some Roblox and Disney stock too to help explain what investing is.
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naboiii
02-04-2022 at 10:34 AM.
02-04-2022 at 10:34 AM.
100$ if u create Ira account
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02-04-2022 at 12:34 PM.

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02-04-2022 at 12:34 PM.
Quote from IndigoMagic1228 :
Roth IRA?
You need earned income to contribute to an IRA... Can't just open one up for a kid and put money in for them unless they are also earning income and filing tax returns for at least the amount you are contributing
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Chonkla
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100$ if u create Ira account
Do you have a link to that offer?
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