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Mainvest allowed everyday investors to fund local small businesses through debt and equity structure before closing in June 2024. Examine how the platform operated and explore current alternative options.
Both robo-advisors build ETF portfolios, rebalance automatically, and harvest tax losses. The real split is $500 versus $10 to start, a flat 0.25% fee versus four tiers, a 529 plan on one side, and human planners on the other.
A robo-advisor builds your portfolio for you; a trading app hands you a search box. Here's how the three types of online investing platforms differ, what minimums and fees to look for, and what actually happens between opening an account and placing a first order.
Ellevest closed its robo-advisor service in February 2025 and moved many qualifying accounts to Betterment. Here's what the platform still offers, who its wealth management tier is built for, and how the gender-focused approach actually works.
Learn how StartEngine connects everyday and accredited investors with private startups using JOBS Act rules, secondary share trading, and specialized funding tiers.
Both apps let you start with pocket change, but they price it differently and hand you different amounts of control. Here's how Acorns and Stash line up on monthly fees, fund costs, account types, round-ups, and rewards.
Subway closed 631 U.S. restaurants in 2024, pulling the domestic count to 19,502 — the first time below 20,000 in two decades. Here's what the year-by-year numbers show, what the company says about it, and what's changing inside the stores that remain.
One platform came out of a 2013 startup and sells stock in $1 slices; the other spent more than 45 years building branches, phone lines, and a desktop trading suite before Charles Schwab bought it in 2020. Here's where the two actually differ on fees, investments, account types, research, and support.
Facet pairs members with a dedicated CFP and charges a flat annual fee instead of a percentage of assets. Here's what the fee covers, where the math favors it, and how it stacks up against Betterment and Wealthfront.
Acorns charges $3, $6, or $12 a month and builds an ETF portfolio for you. Robinhood charges no management fee and hands you stocks, options, and 18 cryptocurrencies to pick from. Here's how the two apps differ on cost, holdings, automation, and account types.
Stocks have averaged roughly 10% a year over the market's history, but that average shows up over decades, not seasons. Here's how the market is actually structured, what passive investing means in practice, and why ETFs tend to be the first stop for new investors.
A complete review of Merrill Edge brokerage accounts, covering self-directed trading fees, guided portfolio options, Bank of America Preferred Rewards integration, and investment options.
