--- title: Is It Taboo to Talk About Money? Not According to Gen Z Investors description: Only 6% of Gen Z investors say they don’t openly discuss their finances and investment gains and losses, per to a new Robinhood survey. authors: - name: Mallika Mitra role: Contributing Editor url: https://money.com/author/mallika-mitra/ bio: Mallika Mitra is a contributing editor for Money, based in Chicago. She has covered investing and retirement for seven years and her work has appeared in CNBC, Bloomberg, Kiplinger, AARP, Barron’s, Bankrate, The Daily Upside, ETF.com, The Bond Buyer, PLANADVISER, PLANSPONSOR and Investopedia. education: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Kalamazoo College at_money_since: 2020 articles: 395 covers: - Investing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - CNBC - Bloomberg - Kiplinger - Barron's - Bankrate - WGN-TV - CBS News Radio - This Morning With Gordon Deal - Everyone's Talkin' Money social: - https://twitter.com/mitra_mallika - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallika-mitra-4577a386/ published: '2021-12-15T18:30:46.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T17:06:47.000Z' section: Investing tags: - Gen Z - Generations - Millennials - News word_count: 577 canonical: https://money.com/gen-z-investors-talk-about-money/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Young woman does a dance move in front of some stock market graphs](https://img.money.com/2021/12/News-Gen-Z-investors-talk-about-trading-wins-and-losses.jpg) Sick of the taboo around talking about money? Meet up with some Gen Z-ers. Only 6% of Gen Z investors say they don’t openly discuss their finances and investment gains and losses, compared to 14% of millennials, 31% of Gen X investors and 42% of baby boomers, according to a new [survey](https://blog.robinhood.com/news/2021/12/14/in-a-new-era-of-investing-gender-and-generational-gaps-remain) from the trading app [Robinhood](https://money.com/how-to-use-robinhood-beginners/) and Morning Consult. The survey took place in August and included 2,200 investors who trade at least one stock, fund, option, bond or cryptocurrency. While older generations may remember chatting about money being a bit of a no-no at the dinner table, Gen Z — generally regarded as those in their early 20s and younger — are [talking stocks in the school cafeteria](https://money.com/investing-clubs-college-high-school/) and comparing notes on crypto after school. They're certainly not shy about their money on the internet, where they've taken to TikTok to brag about their wins and YouTube to share their knowledge. In fact, the way that young people chat openly about investing online has helped rewrite a whole [new language for talking about investing](https://money.com/investing-crypto-internet-language-glossary/), chock-full of emojis and abbreviations. Social media is also a popular way for them to get their investing advice: 42% of Gen Z-ers and 43% of millennials (ages 25 to 40) said they use finance experts on social media to help make investment decisions, compared to only 27% of all investors, the survey found. There's a good argument that Gen Z has [completely re-written the rules of personal finance](https://money.com/gen-z-rewriting-personal-finance-rules-real-time/) — which makes sense, seeing as they grew up in the shadow of the 2007 financial crisis, survived the COVID-19 recession and have very different values than the generations before them regarding where their money should go. They're turning strangers online into their mentors, creating their own gigs and — as Delyanne Barros, an attorney and money coach, previously told Money — "not buying into a lot of the capitalist hype that millennials bought into." They're also investing their own way. Of Gen Z investors in the Robinhood survey, 16% say they hold individual stocks they own for a day or less on average, a stark difference from just 1% of millennials and Gen X who are into [day trading](https://money.com/day-trading-risk-betterment-survey/). And only 19% of Gen Z said they hold their stock for a year or longer on average, while 60% of Gen X and a third of millennials said the same. Their obsession with fast-paced trading may stem from them getting into investing during the pandemic, when buying and selling stocks and crypto was a [fun replacement for their other hobbies](https://money.com/online-stock-trading-market-price/). A Charles Schwab [study](https://www.aboutschwab.com/generation-investor-study-2021) found that 15% of U.S. stock market investors got their start in 2020, and their median age was 35 (compared to the median age of 48 of those who began investing before 2020). But the interests of many young investors are not limited just to [meme stocks](https://money.com/how-to-find-the-next-meme-stock/) or [risky crypto trading](https://money.com/what-is-cryptocurrency/); they also want to build wealth for the long-term. One high schooler, who co-founded an investment club where his friends can talk about stocks and funds after school, recently [told Money](https://money.com/investing-clubs-college-high-school/) he wants his investments to set him up for success for years to come, not just to gain a quick buck tomorrow. [Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rules for Personal Finance in Real Time. That's Good, Right?](https://money.com/gen-z-rewriting-personal-finance-rules-real-time/) [The Hottest New Scene on Campus: Investing Clubs](https://money.com/investing-clubs-college-high-school/) [Meet the First-Generation Investors Teaching Their Parents About the Stock Market](https://money.com/first-generation-investors-teaching-parents-stocks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/gen-z-investors-talk-about-money/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Investing", "item": "https://money.com/investing/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Investors", "item": "https://money.com/investors/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Is It Taboo to Talk About Money? 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