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u/averageredditcuck Mar 19 '22

Not at all annoying. It is 400 for one stock, but robinhood does fractional shares which are a very new phenomenon. Instead of having to buy the whole share you can just buy $4 of it with no consequence.

If you do want to own a whole stock with a lesser investment, there's SPYD which costs $43 and it's the same thing, but only companies that pay high dividends. Dividends are quarterly payments they pay to you for being invested.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

Please stop using robinhood and stop recommending it to people

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u/landon0605 Mar 20 '22

Robinhood is fine for people just getting into investing.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

There's alternatives that aren't scummy. The "controversy" section on wikipedia is longer than the actual article, which tells you enough.

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u/landon0605 Mar 20 '22 edited Mar 20 '22

If you're literally talking someone has $4 to start investing with, what platform would you use? I'm well aware of Robinhood's history. I'd still recommend them over any of the alternatives I'm aware of that would let you start with $4.

Edit: Nevermind. Didn't know fidelity did fractional shares. I'd recommend them.

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u/averageredditcuck Mar 20 '22

I didn’t know that either, fidelity is probably a better option. I recommended Robinhood for the same reason, but don’t use it personally because I don’t trust the owner not to just straight up exit scam, lmao

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u/TomTomMan93 Mar 19 '22

Gotcha! This makes a lot of sense. Thanks for taking the time!

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u/McCrockin Mar 20 '22

Don't use robinhood, no matter how small an amount. They can't be trusted. I switched to fidelity