TikTok’s nine most popular investing tips, rated by financial experts

The hashtag ‘#investing’ has amassed more than 2.8 billion views on the video app as young people flock to it to learn (or be misguided) about the sharemarket.

Insider asked two market experts for their take on nine popular TikTok investing videos with questionable advice. AP

Natasha Dailey and Emily Graffeo

Jun 14, 2021 – 9.24am

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The investing side of TikTok, better known as “StockTok”, is ballooning and the TikTok hashtag “#investing” has garnered more than 2.8 billion views. Many videos tagged with #investing are centred on investing tips, and novice traders on the app have said they often heed the advice.

Thirty-six-year-old Douglas Boneparth, who provides investing advice to Millennials through his firm Bona Fide Wealth, says he loves the greater attention given to the world of investing through social media. But with the democratisation of the sharemarket comes a lot of misinformation and “cringe”.

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