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Until recently, investing was a very solo affair - with most people talking about their finances only with their financial advisor and close family - but thatâs changing quickly. A study by Finimize found that nearly 64% of investors under 30 discuss their investments with friends and are 3x more likely to go to friends or social media for input about their investments than financial advisors.
When you think about social media and investing, the first thing that probably comes to mind is WallStreetBets and GameStop, and no wonder, the now infamous âshort-squeezeâ was covered by nearly every major news channel and even has its own 3-part Netflix mini-series documenting the saga.
While entertaining, the events donât exactly paint your everyday investor in the best light, with many of those interviewed in the Netflix documentary referring to themselves as âdegeneratesâ or âdumb apesâ - labels that come directly from WallStreetBets.
When this is the prevailing attitude of the biggest investing community on the internet, itâs easy to think that social investing isnât for you - but new platforms are emerging that seek to use the power of social media to help everyday investors become smarter together, rather than promoting âyoloâ trading and risky option plays.
In the US, the platform leading the charge is Public, a social investing app that doubles as both a brokerage and a social community. The app has been a smash hit, growing to over 1M users and being listed as one of the top 50 most innovative Fintech companies in 2022 by Forbes.
The problem is, in Canada, we donât have anything like it - until now. About two years ago, three Vancouver entrepreneurs started building Blossom - a social platform where investors can share their portfolios, trades, and insights with friends and other Canadians. Now the community is over 4,000 strong including many well-known Canadian investors like Brandon Beavis and Robin Haney.
Unlike Reddit, where everyone is anonymous, on Blossom, a user's profile not only shows their names and faces but also displays a pie chart of their portfolio (% only, no dollar amounts), verified by their brokerage account. When you follow someone, you can see when they make a new investment along with their rationale. Blossom currently links to Wealthsimple, Questrade, and IBKR, and is working hard to support more brokerages.
Maxwell, the CEO, mentions that Blossom is focused on building a transparent community that helps Canadians become smarter investors, and are continuing to build features to ensure the most credible voices are amplified.
While currently Blossom links to other brokerages, they are working to become a full-service brokerage where users can buy/sell stocks directly in the app and recently raised nearly $1M from prestigious investors to achieve just that.
If you want to join the community, Blossom is free to download on the App Store and Google Play.
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