AI agents give retail investors a new EDGE on Wall Street | Yannick Malling

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Phil Rosen

Investing, Business

4.8 • 18 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jannick Malling is the co-founder and co-CEO of Public, one of the largest retail investing platforms in the world. He joins Phil Rosen to discuss retail investor sentiment, why buying the dip keeps working, the AI bubble debate, and why Public just launched AI agents inside investor portfolios and what that means for the future of trading.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:25 - Retail investor sentiment

3:55 - Why buying the dip keeps working

5:10 - The AI bubble debate

8:00 - Retail's edge on Wall Street

8:25 - AI agents in portfolios

11:10 - Security concerns with AI agents

13:45 - Taking emotion out of investing

16:35 - Sophisticated trading strategies

19:35 - Will agents push back on bad trades?

22:40 - "Agentic brokerage" era

27:50 - Joining Public's wait list

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0:00.0	What's up guys? I am very excited to share. We have Janik Malling on the show today. He's the co-founder
0:05.0	and co-CEO of Public. And we are getting into how retail investors are positioning to start the new
0:11.3	year, what's happening with the Iran War and what that means for your portfolio. And we are also
0:16.3	breaking news on this show about how AI agents are coming for your portfolio. This is a fantastic
0:22.3	conversation. Stay tuned to the end. I think you're going to love it. Yonik, you're running one of
0:28.8	the biggest investing platforms in the world right now. And I would love to get your take on just
0:33.8	what you are seeing as far as retail investor positioning to start the year right now?
0:38.2	Yeah, it's been super volatile, obviously, and I think people are having two competing ideas in
0:44.7	their head, this AI super cycle that feels easy to put money behind and invest in.
0:51.4	I think every week almost we have another breakthrough in the world of AI.
0:56.0	Retail investors look at that and they're like, wow, okay, this is definitely going places.
1:01.0	But then at the same time, a lot of short-term turbulence through obviously the war in the Middle East,
1:09.0	the impact on oil, what that might mean for inflation and like having
1:13.9	that whole merry go around kind of happen again. And so I think it's folks are a little bit,
1:20.8	it's a little bit two-sided right now. A lot of opportunities for sure, but also a lot of
1:27.4	short-term risks at the same time.
1:29.2	What are you seeing as far as like the most popular trades on the platform public right now?
1:34.6	I mean, I think buying the dip is always something that's very tempting for folks.
1:41.0	We saw it through COVID.
1:42.5	We saw it for the tech wreck.
1:46.6	It's been the same this time again, I think. However, you are also seeing folks that are a little bit more focused on trying to
1:51.2	hedge. And I think there's generally speaking two camps, I would say the majority of people
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