Public.com

What Public.com is

Public.com is a brokerage and investing platform rather than a search engine, despite this category. It supports trading across stocks, ETFs, bonds, options and crypto, and adds an AI research assistant called Alpha for screening candidates, summarising news and digesting company filings.

What you can do with it

• Trade and hold several asset classes
• Ask the assistant to screen ideas
• Summarise market news quickly
• Read condensed company filings
• Track an account in one place

Who it is for

• Individual investors
• People managing their own portfolios
• Investors who want research assistance

What to watch out for

• Options and crypto carry substantial risk of total loss, and leverage amplifies it
• AI-generated research summaries are not investment advice and should never be the sole basis for a trade
• Check fees, spreads and settlement terms, which differ by asset
• Confirm regulatory protections and account segregation in your jurisdiction