Meet The Female Founder Of A Unique Trading Platform With A Social Spin

When you are investment trading, it can feel lonely and intimidating. But investing just got a lot more fun when you can do it with friends and set up friendly competitions!

Among Americans, 56% own investments in the stock market, and that’s down from 60% ownership in 2008, before the crash. Investing in stock and having your money make money for you is an ideal way to build your wealth.

Zoe Barry is the founder of Zingeroo, a retail trading platform designed to make friendly competition the key pillar of their value proposition. Zoe encourages those who are interested in investing to do their research and take the leap on her interactive investing platform.

Inspired by the fantasy sports-style interface, this trading platform enables friends to compete in daily and weekly competitions. The idea came about when Zoe and her brothers talked about their investments and compared performances. She realized that you could compete with online bets and fantasy teams with sports, so why not with actual investments in companies? 

It seemed ideal to Zoe to make the stock market less intimidating for those who want to enter. There are 73 million Americans who bet on sports games each year which is more than the number of investors. She wanted to see more Americans investing their money than betting - and a new user interface for trading might be the key to making it happen.

Zingeroo is not just a new investing platform; they have created a community. It’s a place where you can connect with friends, talk investment strategy, and set up friendly competitions, all while investing and building wealth for yourself.

Zoe has tips for those who want to get into the market and shares those tips with you:

1.    Assess your current financial situation

The first step is to assess your financial situation. Ask yourself if you’re even able to start investing your money. Do you have debt that you should pay off first? Do you have spare cash that you can part and invest? If not, take steps to fix your financial situation. If yes, you can proceed. 

2.    What you can do to start creating wealth

Create financial goals for yourself. Understand what you want to get out of investing in the stock market. Make your goals specific and measurable, and most of all, realistic. Investing should be more of a long-term game, and understand that nobody can predict the markets accurately. You never know what will happen until it does.

3.    Do your research and homework

Don’t just jump into investing blindly, or you could lose everything. Do your research, understand how the stock market operates, and know what you have to gain, or lose, through investing.

4.    Professional investment advisor

You can seek help if you want to be more serious about investing. Professional investment advisors have a lot of training and experience to help their clients, and if you choose a reputable advisor, they might help you increase your wealth.

5.    Zingeroo is a community

Joining a community of friends and potential friends that have the same interests as you can help increase your enthusiasm and involvement with investing. It can keep the topic more attractive and keep you interested in the long term.

The bottom line is that investing can be exhilarating when coming out ahead but be careful—having done your research and understanding how the stock market works will keep you ahead of the game. Don’t invest in any risky product without understanding that you can lose that investment.