OK Boomers: Sharesies is not just for millennials

OK Boomers: Sharesies is not just for millennials
Dan Brunskill
Online investment platform Sharesies is often pegged as a trading app for millennial investors, but since covid it has proven its wider appeal with a wave of seniors using the platform.On Thursday, the number of users on the platform ticked over 250,000 and among them is a contingent of roughly 6,500 users over the retirement age. And, it's not an app at all, available via its website.Retired firefighter Gerald Twiss has been investing through Sharesies for the past two years but bought his first shares at a Wellington brokerage in the 1970...

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