Use the section “Who Demands Meme Stocks?” through the Conclusion from Federal Reserve Education’s Who Buys Meme Stocks?

Focus on the ways technology has changed individual investors’ access to financial markets. Discuss mobile trading apps, reduced or eliminated trading commissions, lower account minimums, and fractional shares.

Emphasize the economic concept of transaction costs: these innovations lowered the costs and other barriers associated with participating in financial markets, making investing accessible to more individual investors. Pasted markdown