Gen Z investors shift focus from 'meme-stocks' to the 'metaverse,' report shows


FILE PHOTO Visitors are pictured in front of an immersive art installation titled quotMachine Hallucinations mdash Space Metaversequot by media artist Refik Anadol which will be converted into NFT and auctioned online at Sothebys at the Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong China September 30 2021. REUTERSTyrone Siu

FILE PHOTO: Visitors are pictured in front of an immersive art installation titled "Machine Hallucinations — Space: Metaverse" by media artist Refik Anadol, which will be converted into NFT and auctioned online at Sotheby's, at the Digital Art Fair, in Hong Kong, China September 30, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Enthusiasm around "meme stocks" has eased for young investors a year on from the GameStop Corp trading frenzy, with Gen Z's attention shifting to companies in areas like electric vehicles and the "metaverse," according to a report released on Friday.

The top stock holding among the Gen Z cohort - people born after 1996 - in the fourth quarter was Tesla Inc, according to the quarterly investor outlook from Apex Fintech Solutions, which provides custody and clearing services for brokers like SoFi, Stash, WeBull, and Goldman Sachs Group's Marcus.

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