Goldman Sachs, the 150-year-old investment bank best known for serving big corporations and wealthy investors, has expanded into investing for the mass market.
It introduced Marcus Invest, a low-cost digital investing platform, which offers individual investors three different investment strategies populated by a varying mix of ETFs — core, impact and smart beta — adjusted for their risk profile along with regular rebalancing.
“It truly is a seminal moment when they actually turned on the power and unleashed their robo-advisor into the wild,” said Tim Welsh, founder, president and CEO of Nexus Strategy LLC. “Given Goldman’s brand and reach, the game has been fundamentally altered. No more sleep for retail wealth management executives this week!”
The minimum investment for Marcus Invest is $1,000 and the annual advisory fee is 0.35%, far less than most financial advisors charge for more personalized services. ETF fees for Marcus Invest are embedded in the performance of the funds chosen, and additional fees may be levied for specific requests such as printed statements and check copies.
Marcus Invest is available for individual, joint and IRA accounts and is integrated into the Goldman by Marcus consumer banking app, which offers relatively high-yielding savings accounts, unsecured personal loans and budgeting software, as well as an Apple credit card.