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Заголовок ‘I want to take risks while I can’: What young investors are betting on
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‘I want to take risks while I can’: What young investors are betting on

‘I want to take risks while I can’: What young investors are betting on

By Brittany Busch

September 17, 2024 — 7.05am

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As international investors try to read the tea leaves on how deeply the US
central bank will cut interest• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход rates , two investment options have been on the
rise before this week’s widely expected loosening in monetary policy.

The values of gold and cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта have been surging. The former reached an
all-time high of more than $US2500 an ounce this month and Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin is up 33
per cent year to date at around $86,500.

Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin, sometimes referred to asdigital gold”, has risen by a third this
year. Credit: Bloomberg

Both commodities share similarities. Neither gold nor Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin are used to buy
things in shops, so they are impractical for everyday use. Both are also
mined; one in the traditional sense, and the other virtually. Importantly,
both are also viewed by some investors as a store of value that is not
directly linked to the price of shares or bonds – though whether Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin
really is “uncorrelated” is debated.

So with gold and Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin both in rude health, which one are young Australians
picking up?

Investor James Giardinazzo, 26, said the Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin buzz tended to attract young
people like himself.

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“I won’t lie, the initial attraction was definitely the life-changing gains
and the potential shot to be one of the people that gets lucky with a needle
in a haystack and make potentially life-changing money in a few months,”
Giardinazzo said.

But he said once the initial shine had worn off, his ongoing research into the
cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта market – specifically, Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin – and why investors and traders
considered it valuable, kept his interest• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход.

“I definitely don’t have any type of aversion to trad-fi [traditional
finance• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход]; it’s just that I’m only in my 20s once, and I want to take risks
while I can.”

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He said he hoped to one day expand his portfolio, including into gold or index
funds, but those investments did not meet his current needs or interests.

“[Those investments have] almost turned into a luxury for people with an
already established portfolio looking to diversify and hedge against their
more risky investments,” he said.

AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said Gen Z – adults aged 27 and under
– had about 30 per cent of their investments, excluding superannuation and the
family home, in cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта.

“[Whereas] a Baby Boomer has 1 to 2 per cent invested in crypto on average. So
you can see big divergences in people’s investment philosophies,” she said.

Mousina said cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта was a volatile asset class, and older generations
tended to prefer more secure investments, while internet forums had
popularised non-traditional investments such as cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта for younger
groups.

Things like crypto are seen as unique and cool by the younger cohorts,” she
said.

It has had some pretty good returns throughout time, even if it’s
short-lived. So people get excited by the fact that they might be able to make
a good return on it.”

Gold prices are at record highs. Credit: Bloomberg

She said it was difficult to determine what drove the value of cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта,
and that it had not performed like an alternative asset class as many had
initially predicted.

“There is no fundamental analysis that you can do on it, which is why it’s so
hard
to understand and predict what’s going to happen to the price. It hasn’t
really performed that inverse relationship to other asset classes.”

She said the price of gold, in comparison, was driven up by recession fears
and the threat of global war, as well as the commodity being used as a hedge
against inflation.

Mousina said the physicality of purchasing the asset had also traditionally
attracted conservative investors, though recently, its value as an alternative
investment was what was most appealing.

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As well as being seen as a haven asset in times of uncertainty, gold can be
more attractive to investors when interest• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход rates are falling. European
interest• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход rates were cut last week, and the US Federal Reserve is expected to
cut rates this Thursday. Cryptocurrencies• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта such as Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin are regarded as
riskier assets, which can also benefit from rate cuts.

Data from financial comparison platform Finder showed more than one in four
Australians have owned, or are interested in owning, cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта. Gen Z
were the generation most likely to say they had traded cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта in the
past 12 months, followed by Millennials, according to the Consumer
Cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта Report 2024.

Finder head of consumer research Graham Cooke said interest• Экономика » Финансы » Процентный доход in gold remained
relatively stable, despite cryptocurrency• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта appealing more to young investors.

“There has been a noticeable increase in crypto adoption since around 2017,
peaking during the 2021 bull market. However, it has faced some volatility,
with 2022 seeing a downturn due to major market corrections and a significant
drop in August 2024 from which Bitcoin• Экономика » Финансы » Платежные средства » Платежные системы интернета » Криптовалюта » Bitcoin has yet to fully recover,” he said.

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