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Like other financial institutions, we cannot stop bad people from doing bad things. What we can do is put the proper safeguards and procedures to protect people. 4. Let's say…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Built for the founders' own investing, to keep control of their money","commenter",[63],{"id":64,"by":57,"text":65},"9650717","See answer from below. Many sites have gotten it wrong my doing auto buy. We built Instavest for ourselves. I don't want to give someone else a pile of my hard earned money and…",[],"unknown","beta","company",{"praise":71,"objections":79,"requests":139,"questions":162,"alternatives":177},[72],{"value":73,"source":61,"evidence":74},"Social, community aspect of copying investors is interesting",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"9649884","chiaro","The voluntary gifts aspect is interesting. In the FAQ, there's mention of the option to tip someone whose investments you've shadowed, if you've been successful. If you…",[80,91,106,113,124],{"value":81,"source":61,"evidence":82},"Pump and dump and manipulation risk",[83,87],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"9649811","gravypod","I can think of many ways to abuse this site[0], and that is just from an initial standpoint. This could be the next big SEC case waiting to happen. Are there measures in place to…",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"9650839","mckoss","I would worry about lead investors front running their trades; its pretty easy to make money in the market if you can get a large number of people copying your trades AFTER you…",{"value":92,"source":61,"evidence":93},"Survivorship bias and past returns do not predict future results",[94,98,102],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"9650061","bdkoepke","How are you controlling for survivor bias? Unless these investors are highly leveraged, have insider information, or are simply 'lucky' (or a combination of all three) I would…",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"9651829","mpdehaan2","While it's an interesting idea, it seems like this is suggesting trying to copy someone's short term stock wins. The current page shows someone (6 random faces, where you can't…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"9650096","bottled_poe","Ideas like this one smell of ponzi schemes. If this method were really a profitable idea they would not share it.",{"value":107,"source":61,"evidence":108},"Review and verification of lead investor writeups may not scale",[109],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"9650171","discardorama","> The write up is reviewed internally by member of the Instavest team and is cross checked for financial discrepancies against SEC filings. Is this really scalable?",{"value":114,"source":61,"evidence":115},"Sign-up requires funding and investor details are hidden behind login",[116,120],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"9650297","gruez","Why is it that I can't see any details about the investors without logging in? The only thing I can see are the returns of 6 select investors, which is less than helpful. And I…",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"9650777","3327","I closed the signup exactly at that same spot. Unfortunately this gives the sign \"snake oil\". The intent and model is o.k but not enough credibility for me to wire money without…",{"value":125,"source":61,"evidence":126},"US-only, with citizenship and residency requirements",[127,131,135],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"9649757","biot","I've seen a few platforms like this and they're US only. Anyone aware of one that supports Canadian investors?",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"9651047","ctphipps","Not according to your signup. It requires me to affirm that \"I am a US citizen or permanent resident.\" I'm a legal long-term US resident but not a permanent resident (i.e. green…",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"9649845","ravenkat","Also, Why does it require me to be an US citizen?",[140,148,155],{"value":141,"source":61,"evidence":142},"Support for Canada and other countries",[143,144],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"9650500","mrebus","Can I sign up to receive a notification when you do add canada.",{"value":149,"source":61,"evidence":150},"Integration with other brokers such as Robinhood",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"9650081","tuxetuxe","Cool! But i would like to have it integrated with other brokers (robinhood!). BTW: this is very similar to https:\u002F\u002Fzercatto.com , no?",{"value":156,"source":61,"evidence":157},"Team page with names and bios",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"9650867","btian","> Our team includes alumni from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Goldman Sachs, Braintree, and Oaktree Capital Management. Where is the team page with their names and bio?",[163,170],{"value":164,"source":61,"evidence":165},"How are lead investor trades reviewed and controlled",[166,169],{"id":167,"by":118,"text":168},"9649985",">3. An investor must disclose if the asset they are purchasing is held on another platform workaround: get your spouse\u002Fin laws\u002Ffriends to hold the assets for you >4. Moderation…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"value":171,"source":61,"evidence":172},"How is this different from Covestor",[173],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},"9650284","bcaine","How is this different from Covester (http:\u002F\u002Fcovestor.com\u002F), which has been around (and seemingly struggling) for awhile?",[178,188,196,203,207],{"value":179,"source":61,"evidence":180},"eToro",[181,185],{"id":182,"by":183,"text":184},"9651983","Avalaxy","This is exactly what Etoro does. Etoro has many problems though. To name a few: - Many traders will keep losing trades open indefinitely and only close their winning trades. This…",{"id":186,"by":183,"text":187},"9651984","Etoro.",{"value":189,"source":61,"evidence":190},"Covestor",[191,192],{"id":174,"by":175,"text":176},{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"9650219","nrao123","I am not sure how this is a pump & dump scheme. Covester (backed by USV and acquired by Interactive brokers) has a similar model. 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