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Online Advisor / How It Works
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Online Advisor provides you with a diversified, long-term investing solution to help you meet your financial goals—all in 4 easy steps.

Step One
Step 1: Tell Us about Yourself

You'll start by completing our online Investor Profile. Online Advisor will guide you through a series of questions that will help establish your Risk Profile, Financial Profile and Investment Preferences.

Step Two
Step 2: Get a Recommended Asset Allocation:

Based on your Investor Profile, you'll receive a Recommended Asset Allocation. If you have an E*TRADE account you will be able to compare it side-by-side with your current holdings. View Sample Asset Allocations

Step Three: Part 1

Step 3: Receive a Recommended Investing Solution

Next, Online Advisor will recommend an Investing Solution that matches your investment preferences and helps you to achieve your Recommended Asset Allocation.

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Step Three
Step 4: Put Your Plan into Action

When you are ready to implement your plan, you can purchase all the securities in our recommended portfolio with a single click online in your new or existing E*TRADE account or offline with help from an investment professional. If your plan involves selling securities in your existing E*TRADE account we can guide you through that process.

Prefer One-on-One Investment Guidance?

or call to speak with one of our experienced professionals at 1-866-484-3658

The fund's prospectus contains its investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information and should be read and considered carefully before investing. For a current prospectus, visit www.etrade.com/mutualfunds and www.etrade.com/etfs.

Select Mutual Fund Portfolio, Select ETF Portfolio, and Build Your Own Portfolio solutions are offered by E*TRADE Securities LLC on a commission basis.

Managed ETF Portfolio is offered by E*TRADE Capital Management, LLC, which charges an asset-based investment advisory fee for its advice and no trading commissions.

The E*TRADE Financial family of companies provides financial services including trading, investing, investment advisory, and related banking products and services to retail investors.

Securities products and services offered by E*TRADE Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.

Full portfolio management and advisory services are offered through E*TRADE Capital Management, LLC, an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Upon request, we will send you a free copy of the firm's Form ADV Part 2A, which describes, among other things, affiliations, services offered and fees charged.

Investment Product Specialists offer on-demand recommendations on preferred stocks, bonds, mutual funds, structured products and CDs and receive trading commissions.

E*TRADE Securities and E*TRADE Capital Management, LLC are separate but affiliated companies.

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