The Chainsmokers and Tony Hawk back social-investing app Public.com - Business Insider

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The Chainsmokers and Tony Hawk are amongst celebrity backers for a social-investing app that just raised $65 million to 'change the culture of the stock market'

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Electronic music duo The Chainsmokers and legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk have taken stakes in Public.com, an investing app that makes trading in the stock market more accessible.

Other prominent individual investors in the app include actor Will Smith and Dick Parsons, a former head of Time Warner.The Chainsmokers and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk have acquired stakes in Public.com, an investing app that encourages users to learn about stock trading while socializing. . "The communities that have sprung up around it are mostly for traders and therefore tend to be male-dominated, not welcoming of new investors, and short-term focused. This has the effect that they can feel closer to gambling culture than to investing culture."From Wall Street heavyweights to boutique investment firms, we break down what 7 fund managers and market strategists think about Brexit as the 'midnight hour' approaches.

 

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