College students are buying stocks – but do they know what they're doing?

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College students are buying stocks – but do they know what they're doing? investinyou (In partnership with acorns.)

She tracked down some students who are investing in stocks to find out if what the critics say is true — that they're getting played by Wall Street pros — or if they're doing their homework and making informed investing decisions.

As the coronavirus has roiled the market and forced people to stay in their homes for the past few months, young people, including college students, have found themselves with more time on their hands. They are increasingly picking up investing, thanks to user-friendly investing apps., half of them first-time investors, in the first quarter of 2020. Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade, two other financial-services firms, both reported adding around 600,000 users in the first quarter.

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acorns No clue

acorns And then they will beg libtard pols for loan forgiveness

acorns No

acorns 'One student who had previously traded options in part because of their low prices also pointed out that the influx of new investors raised demand so that they were no longer as affordable for college investors.' - this student clearly doesn't understand options at all.

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