On Purpose with Jay Shetty
The Easiest Way to Start Investing Today— No Experience Needed (You Just Need $1!) with Robinhood CEO
21 May 2025
Chapter 1: What childhood experiences shaped Vlad's understanding of money?
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September, 1979. Virginia's top prison band, Edge of Daybreak, is about to record their debut album, Behind Bars, in just five hours. Okay. I'm Jamie Petras, music and culture writer. For the past five years, I've been talking to the band's three surviving members. They're out of prison now and in their 70s. Their past behind them. But they also have some unfinished business.
The end of Daybreak, Eyes of Love was supposed to have been followed up by another album. It's a story about the liberating power of music, the American justice system, and ultimately, second chances. Listen to Soul Incarcerated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
And now let's get back to the episode. At a time when investing is becoming more talked about, more diverse, there's more options. I want to get your personal opinion on people thinking about stocks versus people thinking about property, for example, which of course is far more expensive.
But I feel like we've seen a generational shift from people wanting to own their homes, purchase their homes, get a mortgage versus now people moving towards renting more. are you seeing that trend and are you seeing people move towards stocks? Are you still, what's your personal take on people choosing between buying and renting versus using that capital elsewhere?
For a while, the American dream involved home ownership. Yes.
Right. Um, And I have mixed feelings about it, to be honest, because there's a lot of corporate interests that are pushing for more homeownership. I mean, if you're a bank and you're giving people mortgages, a lot of people criticize leverage in the stock market. But if you think about the amount of leverage in a 30-year fixed mortgage, it's like... ungodly.
You end up paying much more in interest than even the principal sometimes. Yeah, I mean, again, without getting into investing advice, real estate, I think, has been tempting for people because you can see it, you can touch it. It's sort of like...
This thing that you can use and it feels like an investment, even though it really isn't, especially when you take into account all the fees, like the brokering fees on either side of the transaction, property taxes, maintenance fees.
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Chapter 5: What is the significance of the name 'Robinhood'?
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September, 1979. Virginia's top prison band, Edge of Daybreak, is about to record their debut album, Behind Bars, in just five hours. Okay. I'm Jamie Petras, music and culture writer. For the past five years, I've been talking to the band's three surviving members. They're out of prison now and in their 70s. Their past behind them. But they also have some unfinished business.
The end of Daybreak, Eyes of Love was supposed to have been followed up by another album. It's a story about the liberating power of music, the American justice system, and ultimately, second chances. Listen to Soul Incarcerated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
And now let's get back to the episode. At a time when investing is becoming more talked about, more diverse, there's more options. I want to get your personal opinion on people thinking about stocks versus people thinking about property, for example, which of course is far more expensive.
But I feel like we've seen a generational shift from people wanting to own their homes, purchase their homes, get a mortgage versus now people moving towards renting more. are you seeing that trend and are you seeing people move towards stocks? Are you still, what's your personal take on people choosing between buying and renting versus using that capital elsewhere?
For a while, the American dream involved home ownership. Yes.
Right. Um, And I have mixed feelings about it, to be honest, because there's a lot of corporate interests that are pushing for more homeownership. I mean, if you're a bank and you're giving people mortgages, a lot of people criticize leverage in the stock market. But if you think about the amount of leverage in a 30-year fixed mortgage, it's like... ungodly.
You end up paying much more in interest than even the principal sometimes. Yeah, I mean, again, without getting into investing advice, real estate, I think, has been tempting for people because you can see it, you can touch it. It's sort of like...
This thing that you can use and it feels like an investment, even though it really isn't, especially when you take into account all the fees, like the brokering fees on either side of the transaction, property taxes, maintenance fees.
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