Robinhood Markets CEO: ‘The vast majority of our customers engage in buy and hold activities and long term investing’
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Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services on the GameStop short frenzy.
Video Transcript
- How do you make the determination of individuals who are not the sophisticated investors and allowing them to buy these risky stocks that are on margin?
VLAD TENEV: Thank you, Congressman, for the opportunity to address that. Let me set the stage a little bit by saying that about 2% of our customers borrow on margin. About 13% on a monthly basis perform an options transaction. And a much smaller number, around 3%, perform a multi-leg options transaction. So the vast majority of our customers are engaging in buy and hold activities and long-term investing on our platform.
