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发帖数: 1 | 1 Individual investors kicked off 2021 at a sprinter’s pace. Now, they are
finally showing signs of fatigue.
Trading activity among nonprofessional investors has slowed in recent weeks
after a blockbuster start to the year, with the group plowing less money
into everything from U.S. stocks to bullish call options. Daily average
trades for at least two online brokerages have edged down from their 2021
highs. And across the industry, traffic to brokerage websites, as well as
the amount of time spent on them, has fallen.
The decline in enthusiasm marks a sharp reversal from just a few months ago,
when individual investors’ frenetic activity took center stage in
financial markets. As shares of “meme stocks” soared in January, millions
of small investors piled in, kicking an already robust retail-investing
trend into overdrive. In a mania unlike anything market observers had ever
seen, individual investors sent stocks like GameStop Corp. GME 0.86% soaring
, pushing brokerage platforms to the top of app-store rankings. Trading
volume surged so much that many brokerages struggled to keep their platforms
smoothly running.
Driving the recent pullback, individual investors and analysts say, is a
series of factors, including concerns about the volatility among growth
stocks—a group in which small investors tend to be heavily invested. Since
Feb. 12, when the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite hit its most recent
record, individual-investor favorites including Tesla Inc., NIO Inc. and
Apple Inc. have each fallen more than 9%. |
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