Robinhood News

Robinhood CoinDesk / Aug 12, 2020

Jill Carlson, a CoinDesk columnist, is co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization working to guarantee the right to a free and open financial system. She is also an investor in early-stage startups with Slow Ventures. Everywhere you look, everyone is talking about Robinhood.

Robinhood Money Morning / Aug 12, 2020

Swarms of new investors jumped into the market in the first quarter of 2020. Mobile investment apps grew their new accounts by as much as 170%. While Robinhood was the most popular platform by far, it is far from perfect. On March 9, trading volumes overwhelmed their servers, causing some users to miss out on profits when they couldn't sell.

Robinhood Moneycontrol.com / Aug 12, 2020

Since March 2020, prices of penny stocks have witnessed an enormous jump. Many shares surged in the range of 2-10 times and hit their multi-year highs. The key reason behind this massive rally in penny stocks is the army of first-time investors/traders entering markets, popularly called as "Robinhood Traders" or "Internet Traders".

Robinhood Money Morning / Aug 12, 2020

There's a better way to play some of the most exciting innovations than buying growth stocks. And that's buying options on those growth stocks. When an investment straddles the line between tech and a must-have industry like healthcare, it makes Money Morning Quantitative Specialist Chris Johnson's mouth water.

Robinhood Fox Business / Aug 9, 2020

In the 1990s, newbie investors took the brunt of the dot-com crash, with some losing their lifesavings, well after professional traders had sold their positions. Now history may be repeating itself in the form of Robinhood, a stock-trading app that has become something of a cultural phenomenon during the pandemic.

Robinhood The Motley Fool / Aug 9, 2020

You might not be surprised one bit that many Robinhood investors like pot stocks. After all, the trading platform especially appeals to millennials. And millennials support marijuana legalization in higher numbers than any other generation. But which pot stocks do Robinhood investors like the most?

Robinhood Barron's / Aug 7, 2020

Robinhood wanted to disrupt the brokerage industry by offering commission-free trades, requiring no minimum balances, and letting app users buy slices of expensive stocks. Consider it mission accomplished. These days, what Robinhood app users are buying and selling is cited by experienced Wall Street traders looking to understand 2020 market gyrations.

Robinhood Seeking Alpha / Aug 7, 2020

With gold trading at an all-time above $2,050 per ounce and silver climbing over 40% in just the past month, the bull market in precious metals is the real deal. The metals are benefiting from not only accelerating momentum but overall positive fundamentals, including strong investment demand for physical and tighter mining output.

Robinhood TheStreet / Aug 7, 2020

It's time to take another look at what retail investors love and hate heading into this weekend. (For last week's rundown, click here.) Once again, we're turning to the data from millennial-focused retail brokerage firm Robinhood. Even though aggregated Robinhood assets are relatively small, they have market moving potential - particularly in an environment where passive investing makes up 45% of all U.S.

Robinhood Motley Fool / Aug 7, 2020

( Marathon Oil NYSE:MRO) is currently the most widely held oil stock on popular trading app Robinhood. More than 190,000 traders own shares, putting it ahead of well-known peers like energy behemoth ExxonMobil . Fueling the company's popularity among the service's traders are its low-priced stock -- shares currently fetch less than $6 apiece -- and its upside potential if crude prices head higher.

Robinhood Moneycontrol.com / Aug 7, 2020

Sustainable positive cash flows become extremely important. The "beginner luck" has played off well with Robinhood investors but a successful long term investor needs more than just luck, Ambareesh Baliga, independent market expert, said in an interview with Moneycontrol's Kshitij Anand.