Re:Robinhood launches 3% checking account
by russell_h on Thursday December 13, 2018 @12:41PM
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My understanding (which is limited, so someone please jump in if I'm wrong) is that SIPC does not protect against a decline in value of your assets.
I'm wondering:
First, whether Robin Hood is lending out deposits to margin traders. If not, what are they doing with the money? I don't think that they are, as the article implies, making > 3% on US treasuries.
Second, if that investment loses money, are those losses passed on to account holders? If not, someone must be insuring that investment. Who?
I'm wondering:
First, whether Robin Hood is lending out deposits to margin traders. If not, what are they doing with the money? I don't think that they are, as the article implies, making > 3% on US treasuries.
Second, if that investment loses money, are those losses passed on to account holders? If not, someone must be insuring that investment. Who?