College investor societies are booming as the next generation embrace risk in ways that would see their predecessors reach for the smelling salts
Once defined by caution, the new generation of investors are more diverse, less property-obsessed and technically sharper. Photo: Getty
On a drizzly Tuesday, the corridors of Ireland’s top universities are humming with a new energy: junior investors huddling over Bloomberg terminals, stock pitches echoing down the halls, and the ever-present question of what’s hot, what’s hype, and who (if anyone) is finally buying bonds?
A rising cohort of student investors is learning, experimenting, and, crucially, upending traditional approaches as they chart their own course through the ever-shifting world of modern markets.