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Aideen Finnegan

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Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

How do you check that up?

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

OK, I feel like there's a lot of information there.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

So why don't we do a little recap?

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

So when you're choosing an app, you want to make sure that it is regulated in the EU.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

You want to check the partner bank, which is where your money is going to be held when you deposit in the app.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Am I forgetting anything else?

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Well, I was going to get onto that because I'm kind of wondering which app is for which type of investing.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

There's investing and kind of keeping an eye on it day-to-day and maybe...

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

taking it out and put it in somewhere else I feel like that feels like betting on a horse to me that feels a bit like gambling I guess there are other ways to use these apps that kind of build more long-term wealth but does somebody need to be putting a regular amount away into them or is it a case of one lump sum like what are the different ways of doing it?

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Because if all three people are like, well, I like my Adidas runners, so I'm going to invest in Adidas because the vibes.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Okay, that's good enough for me.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Yeah.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Well, this is great news because I opened up my Revolut to have a look and I did not understand the arrows up and down or the percentages.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

I felt like that Zach Galifianakis meme where he has all the numbers around his head.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

So, OK, break down what you said there.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Automate investments into an index fund.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Can you explain what that is?

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Right, okay.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

Well, I'm glad you told me that.

Better With Money
“99.9% of people shouldn’t be picking stocks’ - A beginner’s guide to investment apps in Ireland

But if I hear from you that an ETF is a good thing to do, put some money into it, automate it so that, you know, it just goes in every month and then don't touch it for how long?