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Anonymous

10 Feb 2021

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How can a person who is uninitiated in investing start investing with these robo-advisors? What is the catch behind them and what are the risks?

I'm totally new to investing and I so I'm looking for something more passive. Don't see myself trading stocks. Hence I was more interested in starting with Robo-advisors. What are the pros and cons when investing in Robo- advisors?

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Pros:

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  • The management fees for stashaway is 0.8% (https://www.stashaway.sg/faq/115003861428-what-...), much lower than $10 per buy/sell transaction on trading platforms like FSMOne.

  • The portfolio is quite diversified so you get to invest in etfs of many countries (like US, China), as well as bonds, commodities and tech etfs etc.

  • You also get regular dividends from the stashaway etfs and the system automatically reinvests any dividends you may earn

  • Easy to deposit and withdraw, with no charge

Cons:

  • Just like with any investment, there is a risk of losing all

  • Returns from robo-advisor etf is more slow and steady (it is an etf afterall so it is more diversified), so it might not be as fantastic as picking a good stock and profiting high returns in a short span of time (provided you managed to safely pick a good stock ;p)

Hi Anonymous!

To answer your question, I think that most robo-advisors do the job of assessing your current financial position and recommend a portfolio strategy after reviewing your risk profile. As for the "catch", I would say that robo-advisors are still not very different from your ordinary financial advisors as both options will still have a management fee incurred for users. The difference lies with the amount, as robo-advisors have lower management fees. You can check out kristal.AI (https://solutions.kristal.ai/seedlypost) as they have no management fees for investment amounts lower than $50 000.

Practically speaking, robo-advisors replace that human element that traditional financial consultants would provide with an AI system. Depending on your preference, that may or may not be a disadvantage/con for you. There are also a plethora of robo-advisors and some do not rely solely on AI/technological capabilities and retain the human element (see kristal.AI).

Hope that answers your query!

Chuin Ting Weber

30 Apr 2019

CEO and CIO at MoneyOwl

Hi Anonymous,

Thank you for your questions. This is Chuin Ting, CEO/CIO of MoneyOwl. Perhaps as a p...

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