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Posted on November 9, 2021

Titan Invest is one of the most unique robo-advice accounts we track at Backend Benchmarking. Titan has over 100mm in its flagship portfolio and it launched in early 2018, making it one of the newest players in the robo-advice industry. Titan’s goal is to make the benefits of a hedge fund accessible to the general public by using modern robo-advisor technology.

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Posted on November 9, 2021

Vanguard Digital Advisor is the new robo advisor offered by the industry-heavyweight, Vanguard. This service is the new digital-only alternative to Vanguard’s popular hybrid-advisor offering, Vanguard Personal Advisor Services. Vanguard for some time now has been the pioneer of low-cost investing, and now it has its own fully-automated robo advisor. 

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Posted on June 8, 2020

At one point, Goldman Sachs was amongst the most secretive of Wall Street banks. The veil was lifted partially when the company decided to go public in 1999. For the first time, the public could glean some insight as to the inner workings of the company. Even then, it maintained a low profile. Its core business units were investment banking, trading, and wealth management for the ultra-wealthy. 

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Posted on December 10, 2019

The robo advice industry will soon have a new player: Goldman Sachs. Details are limited but Rachel Schnoll, head of Goldman’s RIA platform, said that the product is built but not yet available to the public. The new robo advisor is expected to pair nicely with Marcus, Goldman’s consumer-facing bank. Both are part of Goldman’s initiative to move away from exclusively serving the ultra-wealthy and instead to bring Goldman-quality products to the mass-affluent. 

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Posted on November 21, 2019

Should you use a robo advisor? Whether you are new to investing or not, the automated investing technology that robos provide can alleviate some of the stress and confusion related to investing. If you are not familiar with robo advisors, we suggest reading our breakdown first. 

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Posted on November 8, 2019

Consumer demand has prompted digital advisors to offer socially responsible investing (SRI) portfolio options over the past few years.  We have opened and now have eight pairs of portfolios (regular and SRI) included in our report, including six pairs with a year or more of performance reported.  The SRI robo portfolios included in our analysis are offered by Betterment, E*Trade, Ellevest, Merrill Edge, Morgan Stanley, TD Ameritrade, TIAA, and Wealthsimple.  

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