Acorns is an investment app that enables its users to invest a daily amount of money into index funds. The Acorns application automatically invests a user’s spare change, enabling anyone to start building an investment portfolio with a small amount of money. Acorns is easy to use and charges a lower commission than other investment alternatives. The company was launched in 2012 and currently has more than 1 million customers in the United States.
Alternatives to Acorns
Mint
Company: Intuit, Inc. | Founder: Aaron Patzer | Since: 2006
Mint.com is a free personal finances management platform. The website allows users to create budgets with financial goals, and aggregate their credit, loan, bank, and investment transactions and balances so they can view them all in one place. Mint.com was…
Stash
Company: Stash Investments LLC | Founder: Edward Robinson, Brandon Krieg, David Ronick | CEO: Brandon Krieg | Since: 2015
Stash is a mobile application that enables its users to build a personalized investment portfolio on their smartphones. Stash users can start investing with as little as USD $5 and build a customized portfolio of ETFs selected by the Stash…
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