Despite a turbulent stock market affected by trade disputes and fears of an economic slowdown, retail investors continue to invest heavily. Individual traders injected more than $12 billion into U.S. equities in the week ending March 19, according to retail-trading data from JPMorgan Chase & Co. This buying pace significantly surpasses the group’s 12-month average, as highlighted by Emma Wu, a global equity derivatives strategist at the bank.
— news from Bloomberg