⚠️CHART OF THE WEEK: Retail investors are buying US stocks like crazy

Retail investors stock purchases have been one of the largest in history

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Global Markets Investor
March 15, 2025

Mom-and-pop investors have bought a massive $8 billion in US stocks and ETFs in 5 days ending Tuesday, according to Vanda Research data.

As a result, 5-day moving average of retail net inflows hit $1.6 billion, the 4th-largest on record. In the past, the 5-day average of purchases was only higher in January 2021, March 2023, and August 2024.

In other words, individual investors have been trying to buy-the-dip as the market plummeted. Will the strategy work again this time?

My thoughts about that in the summary of the recent piece about the US job market:

🚨US layoffs are surging at a recessionary pace

February job report showed a lot of labor market weakness

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/us-layoffs-are-surging-at-a-recessionary-pace

S&P 500 tumbled following hitting a new record. Weekly market recap, trading week 08/2025

Summary of the trading week using the most popular posts from the X platform

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/s-p-500-tumbled-following-hitting-a-new-record-weekly-market-recap-trading-week-08-2025

⚠️Portfolio performance review for February 2025

Assessment of my long-term investment portfolio as of February 2025

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/portfolio-performance-review-for-february-2025

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