When I moved $87,000 from my self-managed brokerage to a robo-advisor in 2023, I was skeptical that an algorithm could beat my stock-picking ego. Three years later, that account has grown to $134,000, and the robo-advisor has saved me roughly $4,200 in taxes through automated strategies I would have never implemented myself.
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Best Robo-Advisors for Hands-Off Investing in 2026
When I finally switched from picking individual stocks to using a robo-advisor in 2021, I expected to feel like I was giving up control. Instead, I watched my portfolio grow 34% more efficiently than my previous five years of ‘active’ trading-without spending a single Saturday researching companies.