Monday, stocks were up Friday closing out a good week. All is quiet this morning in the futures market. Stock markets are open today but government offices, post offices and banks are closed.
The attached article is an example of what can go wrong when an investor chooses the lowest cost option. Paying commissions or fees can be a bargain compared losing your entire account balance. In lower tech days I said the worst call you will ever make is a call to your advisor and getting the recording "this is no longer a working number". In today's high tech world the equivalent is "you account has been hacked".
A quote from the article, " Because the wildly popular app has no emergency phone number, some said they tried in vain to intervene, only to watch helplessly as their money vanished."