Tech

Robinhood’s plan to “democratize finance” hit a GameStop-shaped speed bump

Enlarge / Ready, take aim, and let fly… (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) As the price of heavily shorted stocks like GameStop has shot up in recent days, so, too, has interest in retail trading apps like Robinhood. That app, launched in 2013 with a promise to “democratize finance for all,” offers so-called retail […]