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FinTok and 'finfluencers' are on the rise: 3 tips to assess if their advice has value

  • Written by Angel Zhong, Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University
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Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first $100,000, doing your tax return or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t confidently tackle.

Her posts and videos have gained her 15,000 followers on Instagram and 42...

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