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Unlike single stocks, index funds hold multiple stocks across entire industries and trade tiny pieces of those holdings. This can make investing cheaper and more tax-efficient. We'll build you a personalized portfolio of index funds to invest in without the unnecessary risk.

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Our automation does the rest. We’ll make the trades and do the investing work for you.

Clean Energy and US Stocks ESG are shown for illustrative purposes only. Not intended as a recommendation to buy or hold.

We offer hundreds of funds across dozens of categories, including social responsibility, clean energy, and tech to let you customize your portfolio with investments you’re excited about. And we make it easy — and safe — to experiment by letting you know if your choices aren’t in line with your preferred risk level.

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