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Robinhood outage underscores risks of investing in the digital age

computer, mobile phone, digital technology

No system can ever be foolproof, so it's imperative that brokerages like Robinhood build-in the necessary fail-safes so people can always access their money

It's been a rough week for do-it-yourself investors who use Robinhood, the mobile brokerage app that exploded in popularity by offering free trading long before the rest of the brokerage industry.

As global markets rebounded Monday from last week’s sell-off, and as the Dow experienced its bigge

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