![]() Public, which launched in 2019, says it has just hit a million users and that it has raised $310 million from investors. Public will give you $5 to invest when you sign up, so invest wisely. A smartphone and an investing app are enough to get in on the action. ![]() This democratizing trend - giving people the power to invest on their own rather than through institutions - has been happening since the dot-com boom of two decades ago, when “day traders” began buying and selling stocks on the internet to profit in the short term. Should you be one of them? Has investing in stocks truly become for everyone? Retail investors - individuals who buy and sell stocks - now account for almost one-third of market activity. ![]() Wall Street, according to one dominant narrative of what happened with GameStop, has suddenly become democratized. What was fundamentally a battle between large institutional investors and many small individual ones, organized mostly around a forum on Reddit, has morphed into what seems an age-defining moment. The recent GameStop saga has certainly made a lot more people aware of the stock market. For more information, see How We Make Money. Some links on this page - clearly marked - may take you to a partner website and may result in us earning a referral commission. We want to help you make more informed decisions.
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