With the economy slowly becoming digitized, many students are starting to look towards stocks as a great source of making money.

Stocks in today’s world represent the value of a company. Growth and decline determine the profit or deficit from the price at which you buy it. Investors are offered capital appreciation for their long-term ownership of the stocks and allowing for the greatest growth.

“Stocks are part of the company, where people buy a part of the company as an investment and make passive income. For example, even though I don’t work at Apple, I could invest my money through stocks into the company and that money could be used in any way the company wants and if the company does well, then I make more money,” said Ryan Boright (‘25).

Stocks are slowly being integrated digitally, and students have started to get involved with buying and selling them. Technology has made stocks a lot easier to learn about. With a growing generation where many young people are on the internet, interest increases with a chance of making money. 

“I think more people are getting interested in stocks because they’re starting to realize that, especially as a young adult, stocks are a great way to make a little bit of money if you know what you’re doing and to become more financially independent in the near future,” said Rathul Anand (‘23).

Many students hope to learn more about stocks in the near future. It gives students insight into what businesses in the real world are like and offers a source of money without doing a job. These qualities of stocks often prompt students to get more involved.

“I think in my newer future I will try to get more involved with stocks. I don’t know a lot about them, but it seems like more people that I know have suddenly started to try them and they are starting to try things such as crypto and NFTs. I [also] think it might be a nice hobby to have with my parents supporting me,” said Sarvesh Sivaramen (‘26).