Comments on: Gen Y Investors View Investing As Fun

By: Stephen Kline

Stephen Kline — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:04:58 +0000

Thanks FS, I just noticed the update to your comments… they look good. I’ll have to check out gravatar as well. Thanks for the tip!

I couldn’t imagine investing in the 90’s bubble… I was still in high school and I remember listening to a lot of the teachers talking stocks. I think that’s what made me so interested in investing so young. Truly a unique time period.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:35:18 +0000

BTW, good job changing the comment style! I like, and I did the same yesterday as well. You should check out gravatar.com and sign up so u can get a cool icon. It’s good and fun for branding.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:34:12 +0000

Investing was totally fun for me in my 20’s. How could it not when we were making money hand over fist with the internet/tech/telco bubble in the late 90’s!!

Now? Not as much due to the downturn. Also, it takes A LOT more capital gains for me to feel the reward since I’ve saved a lot since i first got out of college. Too bad, the PAIN of losing small money is still there, so i’ve become risk adverse.

Cheers

By: Stephen Kline

Stephen Kline — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:25:45 +0000

@ SeeJaneGetRich – Good point about having time on your hands if you start young. If you think about it, someone starting to invest at age 25 will have over 25 year of investing experience by the time they’re 50. That experience is going to be extremely valuable as you enter the prime earning years of your life and your portfolio is likely to be quite substantial.

@ Roger – I’m afraid you may have a valid point regarding the gambling aspect. I do see a good number of young people who treat investing more like gambling rather than a business-like process. Hopefully these folks will learn quickly that the gambling approach to the markets doesn’t pay off well.

Thank you both for your comments!

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:35:51 +0000

I think investing is enjoyable. I put my money into various investment vehicles (mostly mutual funds) and, if I’ve done my homework and chosen my investments properly, I’ll be able to watch my invested money increase. It’s similar to gambling in that respect, and I think many people in our generation tend to think of it more that way. When we hit forty and fifty, and at least some of us see we don’t have enough money invested to retire when we wanted to, I think it’ll become a lot less fun, but until then, it’s a wild party with the possibility of early retirement thrown in.

By: SeeJaneGetRich.com

SeeJaneGetRich.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:10:12 +0000

As a Gen Y investor I think of investing as fun because I know that I have time on my side so if I mess up I have to time to make it right. It’s good that you pointed out that this survey was based on investors and not the general community because I don’t think most Gen Y’ers are that enthusiastic about investing and tend to be bogged down with student debt.