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Source?
What about you? What's your source?
https://euronerd.com/insights/europe-investor-statistics/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEurope/comments/1d389h1/comment/l66xmib/
Stocks are not a thing in Europe, generally speaking.
Lol getting downvoted for this. Am I on Reddit?
Probably for using Reddit as a source. Wasn't me tho, at least you responded.
The other article mentions ~8% of Europeans and ~15% of Americans invest in stock directly. It's less common, but not as if no one does it at all, either.
I do find it funny how my comment was downvoted as well (2 up incl my own, 2 down); I just found it weird that the person making a claim ('few Europeans invest in stocks') doesn't have to provide a source, but rather the person disagreeing is expected to. Maybe that's a common thing, but it is odd in my opinion. But that could be because I'm young or w/e