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probably bias sources but:

- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/almost-20-gen-z-investors-164... - https://www.gemini.com/blog/gemini-survey-finds-more-than-ha...

At the end of the day, investing in an ETF for 10 years isn't going to move the needle much. but catching the right crypto wave will have a larger impact on their life.





Investing in the S&P 500 for 10 years will on-average double your money, and that’s inflation adjusted. Over 40 years, you 10x on average, again inflation adjusted.

> on-average double your money

yeah. that is my point: for many people, "double [your spare] money" means going from $1 to $2...

Tech (and finance) workers have always had a surplus of wages enabling a comfortable life and plenty left over for investment. Personally, my 'worst' year investing my wages is when I only saved 50%. Currently, I save 70% of my after-tax income. As a result, "double your money" is a very meaningful number.

But if your wages are closer to the average stagnating wage-growth that doesn't keep up with inflation, double $0 or double $1 isn't meaningful.


Yep that's pretty much it. And in France (I believe most of rich Europe as well), there are mandatory "social contribution" on capital gains which are collected directly by the banks. So if you don't have much money "working" for you, they will take a good part of whatever small gains you made.

So it doesn't go down, but the gains are so small it's kinda pointless. Of course, those who can save a lot every year get compounding benefits quite fast, but is a class that is becoming more rare every year passing.


> At the end of the day, investing in an ETF for 10 years isn't going to move the needle much. but catching the right crypto wave will have a larger impact on their life.

Buying the right lotto tickets will have a larger impact too, but that’s called gambling, not investing. As someone who has just invested in ETFs, 10 years has been plenty to more than double my investment. It moves the needle substantially.


Tech (and finance) workers have always had a surplus of wages enabling a comfortable life and plenty left over for investment. Personally, my 'worst' year investing my wages is when I only saved 50%. Currently, I save 70% of my after-tax income. As a result, "double your money" is a very meaningful number.

If your income is closer to average (and stagnating inflation), there isn't much money to double.


> If your income is closer to average (and stagnating inflation), there isn't much money to double.

When you’re in your 20s though, there doesn’t need to be a lot. You’ve got the magic of compound interest to work for you.

I’m sure you’ve heard the statistic, but $100/mo invested over 40 years is worth a million dollars. $100/mo isn’t particularly a lot.




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