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Why Gen Z Is Gambling With Its Future

With homeownership out of reach, artificial intelligence cutting job prospects and index funds feeling too slow, many young investors are turning to meme stocks, options and crypto to meet their finan

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@dane7584 From YouTube ↗ 13 Jul 2026 25
To gamble with your future you first have to have a future.
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Note : 100% of the influencers shown in this video are scammers and got rich from course selling
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Smells like 2000s to me.
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They know there really is no future. There is no job security. They can't afford those expensive houses. The salaries are just enough to get by.
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@TimeaCseri From YouTube ↗ 12 Jul 2026 113
We all need Gen Z for exit liquidity. Please keep risking big
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No drinking no smoking only phone
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A population starts taking high risk high reward when a society is about to collapse.
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40 years of work is not a selling point.
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This is why Vegas is dying. Why get ripped off in a casino when you can just do it on your phone?
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its actually kinda simple, when you have nothing to lose and everything to gain, you feel like going big or going home.
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@issalj2661 From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 99
Bots are crazy here
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“This time is different”
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@Maksimszz From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 225
When you have nothing left and nothing to look forward to in this economy, the only rational choice is to go all in so that you can have a chance at a decent life...
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@Metovlevic From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 57
Bloomberg approaches this like it is a force of nature and not manmade. Gen Z is gambling because the asset owner central banks are constantly injecting liquidity in the system which keeps asset prices going up and up and meanwhile wages are stagnating. Let the markets fail for once and they wont gamble maybe?
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When you have lost all hope and the future is no longer achievable through normal means, you gamble.
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@l3358 From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 239
Yeah and for 90% time in the markets beats timing the markets. You also sleep better at night
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come on man, they aren't risk takers, more than another generation. they only trade because its easy to do on the phone and there is social media and 0.00 fees.
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Majority of social media traders are either scammers or they don't know what they are doing. 80% of day traders lose money.
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@FreedomAtRisk From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 1000
Lesson #1: anyone selling a course is to be taken with a grain of salt.
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@JasaZ From YouTube ↗ 11 Jul 2026 1400
Everyone is a genius in a bull market.