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RETAIL INVESTORS ALL-IN ON 2025'S AI DRIVE
Last week's Thanksgiving holiday did not dampen retail investor appetite, with traders purchasing cash equities in amounts exceeding their daily year-to-date average of $1.3 billion in the week ended Dec. 3, according to J.P. Morgan research.
Within individual stocks, Nvidia NVDA.O, Tesla TSLA.O and other Magnificent 7 names barring Apple AAPL.O were the top picks, while healthcare stocks such as Eli Lilly LLY.N were shunned.
Zooming out, retail investors are tracking a record year in U.S. equity inflows fueled by AI-led optimism and buy-the-dip momentum surpassing 2021's retail mania, JPM data showed.
Individual traders built positions in AI and tech firms during market weakness between January and April, before pivoting to ETFs from May.
The ETF trade constituted 75% of their invested dollars in 2025 and allowed them to outperform both the SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY.P and the Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ.O through holdings in tech and precious metals, JPM said.
The benchmark S&P 500 has recovered nearly all of its November losses, now less than 1% from a record high and up about 16% year-to-date, setting up a third straight annual gain.
(Twesha Dikshit)
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