The market price is the number most commonly quoted,
including by most brokers; the value of the underlying assets is much less widely available.
This is a shame as the directions
taken by most brokers since 2018 have all been moving towards allowing users to enroll in virtual trading.
While this is the traditional approach
used by most brokers and analysts and certainly has value, it has some serious weaknesses such as:
If you create your 529 account with a brokerage you will likely have to choose a class for the plan's shares as well; there are three different classes that are
offered by most brokers: class A shares taking a 5 percent cut of your investment, class B shares charging a withdrawal fee and class C shares charging an annual fee or taking a percentage of the initial investment or withdrawal amount.
Rarely
covered by most brokers in the industry, InterTrade also offers its clients the ability to trade on major interest rates such as the Eurodollar and Euroswiss.