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by tuna-piano 3662 days ago
My first reaction with this was "seems fun". I'm aware that it's likely an index fund would probably still do better over time, but there is an appeal to me that maybe I could beat the market and if not it would still be fun trying.

Am I correct that assuming in the long run, the only difference between going long stocks/ETFs through this app vs just buy+holding an index fund would be:

-Cash sitting around not in an investment

-$7 commission on each order

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>the only difference between...

If you are not buying and selling the same assets at the same weightings as an index fund, then it is different from that index fund.

>Cash sitting around not in an investment

How is this a difference between investing one way and investing another way?