Public makes the stock market social. Follow other investors, discover companies to believe in, invest with any amount of money β commission-free. Invest dollar amounts in your favorite companies no matter the share price. [Disclosures]
Great product and love the minimalist look! Congrats on the launch
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Awesome product! They just launched Slices which allows ppl to buy any amount of stock for any price. Itβs pretty darned democratic.
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In an attempt at taking a bit more control over my own money, I sought out a few different ways of investing. Public has been an excellent tool for what I need it for (not Gordon Gecko-esque stuff), and it's been dare I say...fun? It's helped me take ownership of my investments and encouraged me to learn more about the minutia of the stock markets.
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Sounds like a great product! Is the website down though?
@jens_smallforest Thanks! Nope, the website has been up all morning. Feel free to DM if it isn't rendering for you and we can figure out what's going on :)
@keiffmarco Strange, we haven't had any issues on the site, and uptrends.com says Dublin is fine. Feel free to DM me so we can try and figure it out - thanks! :)
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Main difference / added value comparing with Robin Hood app? It looks like you share at least one (bad) thing: not available in Spain π’
@bernardamus On Robinhood you have to buy a full share, which means you can't fully control how much to invest in a company, and also means you have to spend $6,000 just to own the 15 biggest companies on the S&P500. I also addressed a couple of other differentiating factors in the above in response to @ashwin_mahajan and @rrhoover :)
In terms of Spain/Europe: I get it. As a European myself now living in the U.S., I'd love love love to expand our service to Europe, but its tricky from a regulatory perspective and takes a lot of time. Never say never though ;)
Congrats on the launch. Fractional share is just a missing feature in Robinhood and already exists in Stash, Revolut, Stockpile, among others.
People who have investable assets don't buy stocks because they are $300+ a share but because of the fear of losing money. I don't see how this is differentiated enough to welcome new investors. $20 referral will definitely get you a lot of non-active $20-$50 brokerage accounts, which doesn't move the needle for your business or investors. Good luck!
@chinozc Yes, since we're only able to onboard U.S. customers (for now).
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Curious how this compares with the Stash App? I have been using that over the last year to purchase partial shares. Always looking for the latest and greatest ways to invest!
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@nate_heath Good question. We're the first platform that offers fractional stocks in real-time. Most other platforms queue up the orders and execute them periodically, which we didn't want to do as it means you can't see the price you're getting :)
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