WSJ - Meet the Teens Investing in Stocks for Their Future Home and Retirement
Interesting article which describes how some U.S. teenagers actively invests in stocks and crypto, often with parental guidance and long-term goals.
One of the teenagers in the article is 13 years old. I sure wasn't 13 when I made my first investment which was in an actively managed fund. I was a lot older.
Platforms like Greenlight report a sharp rise in trades by minors and note that more kids are setting up automatic weekly contributions, suggesting a focus on steady, goal‑oriented investing rather than day‑trading meme stocks.
Pros and cons here. It's good more people take an active approach to saving and investing for sure, at the same time I think children should be able to be children during their childhood.
Source (paywall):
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/teens-investing-stocks-crypto-2271c793