More bear market signals, this time from stock-trading app, Robinhood. A favorite among retail traders, with more than 22 million funded accounts, trading boomed during the pandemic when stuck-at-home retail traders sought to trade with funds from government stimulus payments. Now stimulus is fading and the retail trading app faces sharp declines in trading activity.
Robinhood shares tank 15% after it loses active users, forecasts weak revenue
Robinhood gave a bleak revenue forecast for the first quarter of 2022 on Thursday as its latest earnings report showed a decline in active users. The newly public brokerage anticipates first-quarter revenue of less than $340 million, down 35% compared with 2021…..Monthly active users fell to 17.3 million last quarter from 18.9 million in the third quarter. (CNBC)
Colin Twiggs is a former investment banker with almost 40 years of experience in financial markets. He co-founded Incredible Charts and writes the popular Trading Diary and Patient Investor newsletters.
Using a top-down approach, Colin identifies key macro trends in the global economy before evaluating selected opportunities using a combination of fundamental and technical analysis.
Focusing on interest rates and financial market liquidity as primary drivers of the economic cycle, he warned of the 2008/2009 and 2020 bear markets well ahead of actual events.
He founded PVT Capital (AFSL No. 546090) in May 2023, which offers investment strategy and advice to wholesale clients.