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I have a modest amount of money in Robinhood. I love the app and they way it has encouraged me to learn about markets.

I started in March of 2016. I was naïve and I made a lot of silly mistakes early on, but I was able to learn a lot of fundamentals when the stakes were low.

I view it more as a gaming app than investing — it's a supplement, not a replacement for investing and asset management.

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Absolutely! The app lives in my phone's "games" folder. I have a relatively small amount of money, just enough that it would sting a bit if I lost it all. I find that even having a tiny stake in things makes learning about investing and finance actually interesting, whereas the majority of my invested assets are all "Vanguard, take the wheel"

+ This. I keep a similar smaller trading account where I effectively gamble with stock picking. I do this as I enjoy researching and understanding businesses and find things more interesting, and you see opinions more honestly when I put money where my mouth is. And it helps you stay engages with your reading. I leave the 'retirement' investments elsewhere.

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