Question of the day: what percentage of the American gene investors started to invest before the age of 18?

Some teenagers do not wait for the maturity to start investing. How early do you think they will start?

Answer: 25%

To ask:

• What are the potential benefits of starting investing so young?
• If you as a teenager could start investing, what would you like to invest in first?
• If investing is not realistic at a young age, which other money habits are important to build early?

Here are the ready-made slides for this question of the day you can use in your class.

Behind the numbers (CFA Institute):

“A quarter (25 percent) of the American gene Z-investors started investing before they were 18. Start investing at a young age, is not only common in the US, but also in Canada (24 percent) and the VK (22 percent). In contrast, only 7 percent of the Gen-Investors in China started to invest before the age of 18.”

About the author

Dave Martin

Dave joins NGPF with 15 years of educational experience in mathematics and computer science. After he participated in the New York City Teaching Fellows program and obtaining a master’s degree in education at Pace University, his career in education brought him to New York, New Jersey and a summer in the north of Ghana. Dave is firmly convinced that financial literacy is of vital importance for creating well -completed students who are prepared for a complex and very competitive world. During which free time will two young daughters allow, Dave enjoys video games, dungeons and dragons, cooking, gardening and naps.

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