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Personal Finance 💰

What’s the secret to building long-term wealth?

A pension? Climbing the corporate ladder? Scouring the globe for a rich bride or groom who will serve as your ticket into the rich life?

Try investing.

Like many of their peers in other emerging markets, Mexicans are becoming increasingly active investors. The citizens of Latin America’s second-largest economy have seen skyrocketing rates of investment activity in recent years.

This has been particularly the case since the pandemic, as more and more economically active people – those who either currently contribute to the economy or are available to do so – try to grow their wealth through investing.

In 2015, less than 1% of Mexicans held an investor account; fast forward less than a decade and you see over 13%, reflecting a massive shift in just a few short years.

So what are Mexicans putting their hard-earned cash into?