Why retail investing has taken off in the U.S. - but not Europe

I hate the EU now. Everything they do makes life worse for the small people.

Almost everyone I know in the States has an online brokerage account. At lunch, my family often discusses stock trades, competing to see who is more clever -- my 17 year old daughter usually wins.

Europeans don't need to gamble their savings because they have proper pensions systems and no need to repay student debt.

I invested in the European market which makes me about $3k monthly with the service of a coach under a great broker, that is the most effective way I have known

Robin Hood in Britain was Jewish taking from wealthy giving to themselves by using excuse saving illicit drug abusers. I am still waiting refund.

unfortunately stock brokers from EU didn't accept opening its account for Indonesian people who live in Indonesia...except perhaps investing/trading via interactive brokers or saxo...

It depends so much on the country. Where I live, pensions and real estate are king. Anything else is taxed really high and this turns off a lot of people.

That was a good video. There should be a follow up video if there are any changes in Europe in the future

This is a mugs way of losing money , leave it to the experts !

that criminal from EU protected ivnestors from ivnesting. EU retail are legally barred form buying funds like SPY because of EU regulations.

A friend of mine from France told me that bcoz their government arrange for their pensions, citizens usually don't buy stocks. People who do buy stocks prefer bluechip companies.

Payment for orderflow is empowering marketmakers to steal your money. IT IS like playing poker but the oponent can always see your cards.

It's a giant Ponzi scheme and the only people who make money are the app creators and insider traders who jump ship.

This idea of fast money is an American phenomenon and the young are falling victim.

I HAVE INCURRED SO MUCH LOSSES TRADING ON MY OWN...I TRADE WELL ON DEMO BUT I THINK THE REAL MARKET IS MANIPULATED... CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG ?

The take up in the UK of Retail Investing has increased significantly. Poor journalism.

Retail" investors" 🤣 my sides. More like Retards donating money to wallstreet.

I think Global Access to Capital Markets should be FREE to everyone.

401k forcing people into retail investing: "it's a feature not a bug"

Hey, what are you doing for that European retail video?
I dunno, greenscreen?
Na, go film in a flower shop to make it seem more relatable.

there is trade republic in europe

well in denmark everyone and their dog is talking about investing

What a hottir

I take pride in the making the majority of my friends start investing;)

Some counter arguments:for eu boomers the housing market IS the equivalent of the stock market

They should ban shorting over there too, where someone borrows your share and sells it in such a way as to trick others that the stock price is falling, and the shorter purchases a panic sell share and returns it to pocket the difference.

I wouldn't conflate investing with trading. But I suppose if everyone had responsible passive portfolios, no one would watch CNBC.

AMC TO THE MOON!!!!!

Woulnd’t say that this is true for the Nordics where we have had a strong market participation since the 2000

It amuses me that the birthplace of capitalism (UK) has very low interest in investing from retail

I love that sweater. El chappo approves 👍

Flower markets, stock markets... tulipmania confirmed

What is the equivalent of Robin Hood in Italy/Europe?

Seriously, we need flowers analogy? Ppl in usa are not that stupid

The idea that payment for order flow should make trading cheaper is ridiculous. The cost of a trade will always be composed of the costs (and profits) of the broker, the exchange and the market maker. PFOF only shifts money between those and replaces order fees by less attractive prices / larger spreads.
The only argument in favour of PFOF may be that larger spreads do not affect very small orders as much as fixed order fees. However, this could easily be fixed by changing fee models without introducing an extra conflict of interest via PFOF.
What does truly make trading cheaper is technology / digitalisation and competition, as can be seen even with traditional banks that used to ask a fortune in order fees but have since drastically reduced them. This is of course to a large degree thanks to the advent of discount brokers. As such, PFOF may be a temporary catalyst, but it is not the magic pill that its beneficiaries claim it to be.

Robinhood is a market manipulator..

Nice reference to tulips

In the UK we have a "Stocks & shares ISA", where we can contribute £20,000 PA for the purpose of chosing our own investments, gains on it are tax free. (forgot to mention dividends are also tax free). Over several decades this really adds up to a nice nest egg.

most of my friends and part of my family owns stocks. Most of them started when covid began

Just FYI, I can't download Robin Hood here in the EU.

Europe is not one country. Market participation of retail investors differ greatly between members of the EU which wasn't presented correctly in this piece.

I own stocks. But I'd rather have more of a guarantee and a secure social net with pensions; instead of just learning amd feeling alone like I'm always swimming with sharks.

How did you not mention DEGIRO? Otherwise, as an european, yeah, it's pretty much on point. The stock market is seen as for wealthy people who like to gamble with their money. The financial illiteracy is a big problem in Europe as a whole and as a result people are very conservative financially. But I think that is starting to change little by little with the new generation

Yeah, this is Europe in a nutshell, REGULATE REGULATE REGULATE for "protecting the poor retail investor who is as dumb as a pair of socks"

Geez, WHY don't you just let me lose my money myself already !!!!!!!

Low income family to trade... Low income family is trying to feed themselves. They ain't investing

Because a lot of people out there have thought before investing anything and most of them know that you can't really make money with this kind of method

Of course you will always have people who will be very lucky here and there but generally speaking you don't get rich with Robinhood or its competitors

Everything is priced in

In india retail investing is at another level

Depends on where in Europe. In Sweden its big at least since 1999. I myself started online trading with Nordnet that year. But I know many Who where interested in the stockmarket before that.

It's deeply unfortunate that at no time do you draw the distinction between retail-investing, and retail-trading.

The short answer is that many Europeans do not trust the stick market, and instead prefer increasing the state pension through tax and debt.

investing is seen as something only the wealthy do, many don't realize that its because the wealthy invest that makes them wealthy..

Crypto changes this