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One in four younger investors now get investment ideas from Reddit

thisismoney.co.uk
submitted
a year ago
bygetthatmoneyyotofinance

Summary

A quarter of 18 to 34-year-olds now get their investment ideas from Reddit. One in five investors now turn to TikTok for investment ideas, up from 12 per cent in 2021. Use of traditional company financial sites is waning among this age group.

'I typically think anyone promising quick riches or guaranteed stellar returns should be ignored' 'Sensible money management tends to be more boring, so keep your money influencers on the dull side' 'There are some fantastic people giving really helpful information on social media – as well as some total muppets'

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6 Comments

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practicalmagic
a year ago
These platforms are rude with bots and manipulation. People need to do a lot of their own due diligence before investing.
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kaiserseahorse
a year ago
Everything has been inundated with bots that it's almost pointless to talk about things like investments
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practicalmagic
10 mos ago
I wouldn't say pointless but people just need to be more on guard and try to recognize when they're being manipulated.
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kaiserseahorse
10 mos ago
It's getting harder and harder these days to do that though
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eldiscipulo
a year ago
Not any worse than the so called "analysts" that push stocks they're betting on
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getthatmoneyyoOP
10 mos ago
That's probably true to an extent. The anonymity of these platforms makes accountability hard.