"16-year-old made $43,000 on these stocks in 3 years"

[GotherL]

16-year-old made $43,000 on these stocks in 3 years"
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/26/inv...-tesla-netflix-sudarshan-sridharan/index.html

The media always over sensationalizes stories to make them sound bigger or greater than they really are.
Big deal...he returned (only) 17% in three years! in a bull market. -- that's hardly nothing to brag about, or write about.

True, 17% in 3 years isn't much why is this making headlines?

 

[mlawson71]

Shouldn't it be considered quite a lot when the person in question was only 13 when he began?

 

[GotherL]

Shouldn't it be considered quite a lot when the person in question was only 13 when he began?

In all consideration, all he did was pick 3 bluechips Netflix, Google & Tesla that had everyone and their grandma talking about. I fail to see what's so great about that.