Research and investment tips

[Vlad (Vladislav Kozub)]

@Kapkina

This requires the platform to provide education

This has been raised before (to an extent):

@Vlad

Whilst the articles are indeed awesome, the issue is that they are mixed with more general articles on the blog.

Maybe Freetrade could have an equivalent to Monzo University , but of its own?

To ease the resource requirements, you could potentially let the community share interesting creations of their own with you, and publish (with certain modifications and filtrations) what you believe is relevant and vital for new investors to know?

And was supported by the insiders:

@Freetrade_Team

Our view is that investing isn’t rocket science, nor is it easy - it’s a life skill to be learned. Community definitely plays a role here (like the idea of community submissions @Vlad) but we also want a strong voice coming direct from Freetrade.

Also, by looking at the UI pictures on Crowdcube, each security will have basic stats like company description, sector, market cap, revenue, etc. Whilst it is certainly not enough to make an investment decision, the users are encouraged to undertake their own due diligence or invest in popular ETFs / Index trackers instead. For instance, S&P 500 trackers only charge 0.05% per annum, which is negligible, whilst their past performance is about 7% growth in the last 100 years (3-5 inflation adjusted).

@Kapkina

This requires the platform to provide education, fundamental data, and exchange of investment ideas tailored to the target audience (short attention span, user friendly, not complicated, fun)

It has been discussed in Future Competitors thread that being “jack of all trades and master of none” is not the way to go at the moment. There are plenty of other analytical resources, such as TipRanks, Finviz, Stockrow and others who provide good quality insightful data to make decisions upon.

Hence there is no reason to try and replicate such services and delay Freetrade’s very own agenda, which is incredibly ambitious → ISAs + SIPPs + Crypto + EU expansion + Further Expansion + Integration with other entities.

But of course, nothing would stop them to add analytical spectrum into the long-term goals, when all essential features are there for the community to enjoy and take benefit of.

By the way, welcome to the community and it is great to see interesting and challenging suggestions being raised!