keywonc
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Comment · 9 years ago
that's a good insight. i also tend to think advice and sales should be done by separate parties. otherwise the advice won't be independent or bias-free.
Comment · 10 years ago
Just tried it out.
Wasn't sure if it's ok to type "pray for my family" because I have no idea what will happen: Will it post to my FB timeline? No. Did it add me to a public directory of Shep users? Looks like it. No idea how to undo that.
Typed "show prayers" and saw a list of users who asked for a prayer. There wasn't much info though, and I didn't dare to click because again I didn't know what would happen. I don't want to send them automated messages for example.
Like you said it's interesting because you can end up interacting with other users via Shep. I guess the caution/downside is that people (like me) may be more hesitant to try features out if it can have interpersonal consequences.
Comment · 10 years ago
If I were to nominate a US city for this experiment, I'd pick Seattle downtown.
Comment · 10 years ago
IMHO it's definitely feasible. Takes a solid team for data collection, working with the interest groups, and app development. Real challenge is in the business side:
1. Is there big enough market for this? 2. Can you capture the right segment with your offering? 3. Can you come up with a logistics (trading, registration, taxes, certification...) for a streamlined and enjoyable user experience?
We've prototyped & want to build a multi-topic version where each customer can personalize their investing criteria. Wanted to address one topic as an experiment.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks for trying it out. I am getting similar feedback, that it turned out to be a legit fund search tool -- gun issues aside.
In fact I compiled a couple things that I found/was told after using this as a fund screener https://medium.com/@keywonc/3-things-that-surprised-me-when-...
- “International” funds may not be so international after all.
- In the age of free robo-advisors, mutual funds are still expensive.
- There are more than 30 fund categories, including very adventurous ones.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thanks for checking. So it's really been blocked!
It could have been my friend, or a anyone else -- in our case there are (pro-gun) people who are hostile toward our project as well.
This is really unfortunate, if it's so easy for anyone to sabotage your domain or project.
Comment · 10 years ago
It appears my account is ok, so I am guessing my domain has been blocked.
Comment · 10 years ago
Saw this on Product Hunt before. This is a good collection of articles from high-level approach to tactical aspects of design.
My favorite is "Designing for start-ups: How to deliver the message" under Introduction.
Comment · 10 years ago
Happy to hear you found it useful!
As the designer, I admit it could be more user friendly :sob: Please feel free to let me know if you have any suggestions.
If you get to create your own mobile tool, I would love to check it out too.
Comment · 10 years ago
It's one of the highly requested features. We definitely want to add that in the future. My apologies for the inconvenience!
Here are two popular ways to get started:
1. Start with a template:
One way to get started is to scroll down on the homepage, pick one of the "lazy portfolios" and fork it.
For example, you can go to this Three-Fund Portfolio page https://hellomoney.co/portfolio/FsF71j, click "Save As," and tweak the percentages or amounts to your liking.
Although Bogleheads wiki is not the most friendly to beginners, pages like these may be useful for picking the % weights.
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Asset_allocation
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Lazy_portfolios
2. Pick 401(k) funds
If you're in the situation where you need to construct a portfolio from a limited set of 401(k) funds, you can use Hellomoney to pick the funds and the weights.
Click "New Portfolio" on top of the page, delete the default fund (VFINX), and start entering the available funds in your 401(k) plan by name or symbol.
Not all funds may be available on Hellomoney, but you should be able to add a majority of them. (Generally speaking: if you don't see a symbol for the fund, it's not a publicly available fund, and you won't find it on Hellomoney.)
Then you can delete the funds that you're not interested in (high expense ratios for example), or "turn them off" by making their weights $0 or 0%. Here are a few examples:
https://hellomoney.co/portfolio/16fb02
https://hellomoney.co/portfolio/aa4888
As you change the weights, you can see the historical performance that the portfolio would have had in the past, including how much it would have lost/gained in the past crashes and boom times.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
Comment · 10 years ago
Hellomoney: JSFiddle for backtesting investment portfolios. http://hellomoney.co/
You can design portfolios from 24,000+ stocks and funds, and backtest it as you build it. Helps you understand how input (each holding) affects the output (historical performances) in a "build-to-think" way.
If you frequent finance/investing related parts of Reddit, you might have seen it. It's the official tool of /r/portfolios now.
* Full disclosure: I designed this tool.
Comment · 10 years ago
Dang, the animated illustration caught me by surprise.
Designer founder of Hello Money http://hellomoney.co, part time activist and design podcaster.
Past: Tangible Media MIT @MediaLab, designer @IDEO Palo Alto, Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon.
Twitter @keywonc