Pretty much everything about Robinhood’s user experience is visually appealing, and that includes its logo and app icon. The Robinhood logo features an upward arrow within a feather, in reference to the folkloric character the app is named after who wore a feather in his hat. The light green logo certainly provides those who encounter … Continue reading Robinhood Logo: What Robinhood’s Design Choices Mean For You
Even the best traders and investors face losing streaks. Steve Eisman launched a hedge fund after his famous Big Short call. It failed. John Paulson made a big call on gold after making billions on shorting the housing market. The call was wrong and his fund suffered large outflows. Bill Ackman's single most famous short … Continue reading How Top Traders Change Their Mental States to Beat Negativity
I had a boss who was an expert in the garment industry and had spent the early part of his career immersed in the business of clothes. He used to drop into clothing stores in New York City for fun, just to observe how well they were managed. Were customers greeted promptly at the door? … Continue reading The Reopening Process is an Opportunity for Attentive Investors
In the battle between passive and active investing, there has been one clear winner in the past decade. Passively managed index funds now account for a majority of assets under management in the ETF and mutual fund space. The reason for passive investing’s triumph over the past decade has many contributing factors, but probably one … Continue reading How to Select an Actively Managed Mutual Fund: Akre Focus Fund Case Study
You can be a successful long-term investor in one of two modes: passive or active. Passive investors tend to look at the research related to investment transaction costs and the challenges of beating the market over the long-term and put their investments on “autopilot” by selecting solid index funds over the long-term with a reasonable … Continue reading Michael Steinhardt: How Successful Investors Perceive Things Differently
At BroStocks we are all about aspiring to improve and hope to inspire our readers to do the same. Whether that’s through investing, trading, developing a side hustle or new entrepreneurial venture, we write about the how-tos to help you develop into a better and more profitable version of yourself. Sometimes in focusing so much … Continue reading Lessons from Market Wizards: How to Use Your Beliefs to Reach Any Goal
So, you have a few grand burning a hole in your pocket. Maybe you’ve managed to hold onto your job through this whole COVID-19 crisis and just received some government stimulus money. You want to take a shot at learning trading but there are too many options to decide on. Options? Forex? Crypto? What about…penny … Continue reading 7 Reasons Why Beginner Traders With Small Accounts Should Focus on Penny Stocks
In February we introduced a concept called The Sleep Easy Portfolio: How to Sleep Easy in Any Market Environment With Just Four ETFs. We had no idea that a historic market crash and ensuing bear market was right around the corner as a result of a global pandemic. While the news has been pretty terrible … Continue reading The Sleep Easy Portfolio: Did Asset Allocation Work During the Coronavirus Market Crash?
Are you a trader or an investor? If you’re new to the stock market this question might seem trivial, but it’s important that you’re clear on the distinction. Many investors make mistakes by taking on the behavior of traders, and many traders often lose money when mistakenly acting like investors. Investors enter positions for long-term … Continue reading Seven Key Differences Between Investors and Traders
In a recent piece on building a portfolio that can withstand any market environment, we discussed how many considered a 100% stock portfolio as the place to be during the last ten years. Then came a global pandemic and oil price war that set stocks back about 30% year to date. Disappointingly, other asset classes … Continue reading Hiding Places: Profitable ETFs During the Coronavirus Bear Market
