Stash is making investing accessible to everyone. The platform and app was started in 2015 and since then has grown to more than 1.2 million accounts and over 2.5 million content subscribers.
Brandon Krieg is the CEO and co-founder of Stash. He explains that Stash is not only about investing, it is also a learning platform. Stash opens up conversations between friends and family about investing and what to be looking for. Krieg says he is really proud of his customers.
The minimum investment in Stash is only $5, opening the door for all types of investors. In fact, over 80% of Stash customers are first-time investors.
When it comes to crypto, Krieg says they are waiting and watching. Krieg wants to get a sense of what regulators do and say. That being said, Stash customers are asking to invest in crypto. Krieg reveals that Stash will likely roll out a product sometime later this year.
According to data from Dealogic, the Nasdaq is on track to beat the NYSE in IPOs this year, raising $191 billion so far, compared with the NYSE's $109 billion. Louis Cordone, senior president of Data Strategy at AST, discusses why 2021 was so successful for IPOs, and what differentiates the two exchanges.
Jeffrey Small, President of Arbor Financial, breaks down the Omicron variants' impact on markets going forward and where investors should pay attention to for growth potential.
Rich Weiss, Multi-Asset Strategies CIO at American Century Investments, talks about economic growth amid COVID-19 concerns and how retail spending is being impacted by inflation.
Markets opened higher as investors shrugged off weaker-than-expected job growth and Omicron fears. George Seay, CEO, Annandale Capital joined Cheddar's Opening Bell to discuss.
Michele Schneider, Partner and Director of Trading Research & Education for MarketGauge, breaks down the major risks to the markets and discusses why tech and Agriculture are the best sectors to hedge inflation concerns.
Bitcoin took a nosedive over the weekend, falling to its lowest price level in nearly two months. According to data from Coindesk, the crypto dropped more than 20% to $42,000 on Saturday before rebounding some. Prices of Ether, Dogecoin and Shiba Inu dropped as well, with Ether tumbling by more than 15%at one point. Lance Ippolito, head trader at the Future of Wealth, joined Cheddar to discuss why crypto plummeted and what to expect next.
