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Nervous about investing? You don’t have to, you know
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4/14/2025
Steve Quirk, Chief Brokerage Officer at Robinhood, explains that there are alternatives if you’re nervous about getting into the markets.
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Right now, if you look at the market, there's a lot of volatility that's happening.
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There's a lot of uncertainty, and our customers are young, average age of just over 30.
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Some of, most of them, half, at least half, are first-time brokerage customers.
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So navigating what I'll call volatile waters can be new to them or intimidating.
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My advice to some of the younger people, look, if you ever feel uncomfortable in any area of investing,
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there's an easy path to deal with that level of discomfort.
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It's just take a step back.
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And there's a reason we have a yield product.
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It earns 4%, which is about 10% higher than you're going to get at a bank.
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If you're not comfortable investing right now, then just step out.
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4% is better than zero, and when you feel more comfortable with what you think is going to happen in the market,
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then you can step back in.
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And that's a very natural thing to do.
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This is all about, you know, that's the beauty of investing.
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You get to do it your way.
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