The Acquirers Podcast · Thursday, July 30, 2026
Meb Faber noted a shift in investor behavior, particularly among younger generations, catalyzed by events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of meme stocks. He observed this trend leading to increased interest in prediction markets and zero-day options, drawing parallels to his own early experiences with online trading platforms in the late 90s.
“And so you had this whole generation of young people gambling on meme stocks and, you know, in ensuing years, it's led to prediction markets, it's led to zero day options, you know, I mean, the Koreans are making us look like Pkers.”
“Look, this was me, probably you guys, late 90s, you know, e-trade instead of Robin Hood.”
“Yahoo message boards instead of Reddit. Raging bull, you know?”