astroanalyst
48 posts
msg #52764
- Ignore astroanalyst |
7/2/2007 11:45:22 PM
"The smartest investors aren't all professional money managers. Every day, adept unsalaried players around the world are matching, or beating, results of the pros. Covestor thinks it's high time for these unsung investment talents to get more recognition, more resources, more of the rewards."
Site: http://www.covestor.com/
Tour: http://www.covestor.com/livedemo
Covestor wants YOU!
Note: I have absolutely no connection to Covestor in any way whatsoever other than thinking it is an interesting concept and something I would pass along to other potentially interested parties on this forum...
GLTA...
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nikoschopen
2,824 posts
msg #52765
- Ignore nikoschopen |
7/3/2007 12:08:50 AM
Kewl, now Mary can finally show off her prowess to the rest of the world. Hear, hear!
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hscott
34 posts
msg #52773
- Ignore hscott |
7/3/2007 9:51:26 AM
This appears to be a terrific site. However I got to the point of providing my broker username and password and suddenly thought better of it. How can I be sure they are on the up and up? After all they could just clean out my account knowing UN and pwd.
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corsino
259 posts
msg #52777
- Ignore corsino |
7/3/2007 11:11:40 AM
hscott
I agree with you. I haven't checked out the site, but if they want your username and password, something doesn't "smell" right.
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hscott
34 posts
msg #52782
- Ignore hscott |
7/3/2007 3:39:28 PM
In fairness to them, they don't require your usename & pw. But they suggest doing it that way because then they can retrieve a record of your trades which is the whole idea of the site. You can also type trades in manually but that is just too cumbersome for me.
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PerryB
1 posts
msg #52785
- Ignore PerryB |
7/3/2007 5:59:36 PM
Hey Guys
I am one of the founders of Covestor
I appreciate your concern; broker credentials are clearly highly sensitive. We use these only, as it says on the site, to create a view only link to a members broker account. This is the only way to create a verified record of a members actual activity in real time. The connection is supplied by Yodlee, who as you may know use the same technology with over 100 financial institutions in the US. We do not store or have access to these credentials once entered, they are maintained by Yodlee, http://corporate.yodlee.com/technology/security_overview.htm and as I say give view only access to activity data (no personal data such as social security no etc).
As someone rightly posted is not a requirement of Covestor to share your broker credentials. Given the sensitivity of this link we offer an alternative for users to enter trades manually to build a track record. On registration you can choose the manual rather than automatic data import option. Members then upload a copy of their last broker statement, we upload and verify the initial holdings and from there users enter trades manually in a form as they execute them
Happy to discuss further if valuable for anyone (perry@covestor.com)
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chetron
2,817 posts
msg #52786
- Ignore chetron |
7/3/2007 7:21:28 PM
absolutely insane!
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luc1grunt
622 posts
msg #52787
- Ignore luc1grunt |
7/3/2007 8:38:37 PM
nice marketing.
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nikoschopen
2,824 posts
msg #52790
- Ignore nikoschopen |
7/3/2007 9:41:31 PM
I beg to differ from others. Unless you're inclined to post your trades in realtime, there's no other way to verify your claims that such trades ever took place―unless you think we're bunch of dumbass to take your words at face value.
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luc1grunt
622 posts
msg #52798
- Ignore luc1grunt |
7/4/2007 5:33:08 PM
Astroanalyst: "Covestor wants YOU!
Note: I have absolutely no connection to Covestor in any way whatsoever other than thinking it is an interesting concept and something I would pass along to other potentially interested parties on this forum...
GLTA..."
Then PerryB shows up. Way to go.
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