I like this social proof (from M1 Finance, a discount brokerage) that the promotion they are emailing about frequently has seen good uptake from other users: 
It both should make people marginally more likely to interact with the promotion and should decrease the rate of karma burned with non-interested users, since you do the calculation "OK, you think this is actually plausibly in my interest since I can see people like it."
"How are they as a brokerage?"
My favorite discount brokerage, largely because they abstract away orders from the user. (You put in your desired allocations and they Figure It Out.)
My financial situation is complicated so I will probably not use them for more than funny money.
My favorite discount brokerage, largely because they abstract away orders from the user. (You put in your desired allocations and they Figure It Out.)
My financial situation is complicated so I will probably not use them for more than funny money.
"Complicated how?"
Major curve ball thrown at essentially all financial institutions: "How comfortable are you with someone who is a US citizen but lives in Japan, with tax obligations in both countries, who is keenly sensitive to your exchange rate and margin rates?"
Major curve ball thrown at essentially all financial institutions: "How comfortable are you with someone who is a US citizen but lives in Japan, with tax obligations in both countries, who is keenly sensitive to your exchange rate and margin rates?"
If your situation is also complicated I think the best current option is Interactive Brokers, which is simultaneously wonderful, but it is definitely the C of discount brokerages. "If you shoot your own foot off, that's on you. You knew what you were getting into."
