FutureAdvisor (YC S10) Maps Your Investment Portfolio

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20 points·jonxu··4 comments

This looks like a cool service. However, there are only a few brokers (mine is not listed, boo).

I've also noticed every investment site (understandably) has no student options (i.e. no salary ranges below 30k, no way to say I expect to be making $x once I graduate and play around with it). It'd be cool if someone paid attention to us since some of us do invest, but I can understand the neglect at the same time.

Great feedback.

On the brokers front: we're working diligently on that, and should have many more brokerages supported soon. We'll post something on our blog, or if you'd like I can drop you a note personally (just let me know your email: bo@futureadvisor.com)

It's not neglect - honest. It's just trimming the feature set so that we could get to launch and get in front of real customers and start to get valuable feedback which would directionally guide the product. Students, both those starting out and those already investing, is on our list of folks we want to support.

You can actually use the product today to "play around": just put in your age when you graduate, and what you think you'll be making. The projections are admittedly pretty sensitive, especially when you're young, but it should give you a good overview.

Any and all feedback always appreciated. bo@futureadvisor.com is me. Thanks, -Bo

Yeah, that's definitely an accurate workaround I was just hoping I could factor in how my college years will affect my investments (like you said projects are pretty sensitive, so a few years and a few thousand each year may change things a lot)

Hmm, looks like your mongrels are down. You're getting a 502 Bad Gateway! /trollface

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