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How can the industry engage with retail investor craze?

George Carter
Wednesday 3rd of March 2021

At this point everyone has heard of GameStop. The investing craze that started in the backwaters of internet forums has become a by-word for a new breed of investors.

They are largely young, unadvised, inexperienced and many are encountering the turbulence of the market for the first time through investments in highly-fluctuating companies like GameStop.

But this is also a moment of massive engagement in financial systems. Retail investors are discovering for the first time the reality behind concepts such as investment, market fluctuation and returns.

It is a moment that some think could be utilised by the financial advice industry to bring previously unengaged demographics on board.

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