Investing once required reading the financial pages, calling a broker, and waiting to place a trade. Today, anyone with a smartphone can buy a stock, trade an option, or purchase cryptocurrency within seconds. That convenience has opened financial markets to a new generation, but has it also made investing feel more like gambling?
In this episode of Coasting in Retirement, Josh Null is joined by his son and the show’s producer, Payton Null, for a cross-generational conversation about risk, technology, and the changing meaning of investing.
They examine the fundamental differences between owning part of a productive business and wagering on a short-term outcome. They also discuss how trading apps, online communities, constant market access, and the pursuit of quick profits can encourage decisions driven by excitement rather than long-term financial goals.
The conversation explores cryptocurrency, options trading, direct indexing, artificial intelligence, and stablecoins, along with the new opportunities and risks these innovations may create.
Are today’s tools helping young adults become more confident investors, or training them to chase the next financial thrill? And what can parents and grandparents do to teach the difference?
Listen to the full episode for Josh and Payton’s perspective on building wealth in a financial world that increasingly resembles a game.
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