Tomorrow's industry tycoons: A majority of Gen Z investors have traded stocks while drunk
· Aug 23, 2021 · NottheBee.com

It's no secret that young people like to crack a bottle and have a good time. Evidently they also like to get liquored up and engage in a little short-selling, as well:

32% of investors have traded while drunk. This includes 59% of Gen Z investors who have bought or sold an investment while inebriated — more than any other age group.

It's hard to tell what's the more astonishing statistic here: That nearly six out of every 10 of the youngest investors have sold or bought while smashed, or that one third of all investors, everywhere, have done the same thing.

We've all heard of the "three-martini lunch"—the legendary boozy lunch meetings of ad executives and industry leaders that were so popular during the middle of the 20th century. It is widely assumed that the phenomenon has more or less died out. But maybe it's still going on, albeit with New England IPAs and White Claw seltzers instead of gin and vermouth.

Don't expect many of them to feel all that bad about it, though:

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