Panic gripped ordinary American investors this morning as a series of trading applications crashed.
Fidelity ran into trouble after the stock market opened at 9:30 a.m. in New York and angry users said they couldn’t log in.
Millions of Americans have been logging into their investment or trading accounts this morning as stocks soared to record levels following Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
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Fidelity users received an error message today when logging in to trade stocks
The Charles Schwab app also had some issues on Wednesday morning
Robinhood is one of the biggest trading apps, but users reported no problems
Another wrote at 10:30am: ‘The Fidelity app cannot be used at this time. Worse than Coinbase.’
A third tweeted: ‘Your mobile app keeps crashing and costing me thousands!!!!!’
The stock market rally meant big gains for investors of all types, including ordinary Americans with 401(k) plans. The profits added billions of dollars to the value of American companies and boosted the wealth of anyone who owned stocks and shares.
There were also reports of problems with UBS and Morgan Stanley.
According to Downdetector, which monitors when websites and apps are down, thousands of customers reported problems logging in this morning.
