She’s 17 and Has a Roth IRA. How Gen Z Is Handling Its First Bear Market.

Now, at 17, Gupta is confronting her first bear market. U.S. stocks haven’t suffered a protracted bear market since the financial crisis of 2008-’09. Gen Z survey respondents say they learned about investing online, with just under half saying they learned on YouTube or through other videos. A bear market can point up the dangers of groupthink, however, whether on Wall Street or in the digital world. A Bankrate survey found that 73% of Gen Z investors traded actively this year, compared with just 28% of Gen X investors, ages 42 to 57, and 25% of baby boomers.