The Blistering Rise of Retail Trading

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Sarah Ponczek

Katie Greifeld

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Some call it the democratization of investing. Some call it dangerous.

RF markets phone retail trading

It used to be difficult to trade stocks. Now it’s basically as easy as downloading an app or sending a tweet.

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