Retail traders spent nearly $550 million on U.S. technology stocks during that period, their largest weekly expenditure in at least two years. This surge in buying preceded a 6.7% drop in the semiconductor index ($SOX) on Oct. 22, the index's worst daily performance since June 23 and part of a 19.5% decline since Oct. 6.
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Retail Investors Buy $550M in US Tech Stocks Before AI Selloff
US Markets2 days ago
Mom-and-pop investors increased their holdings in AI-related shares and memory chipmakers through Oct. 21, pushing weekly purchases of technology ETFs to 2.1 standard deviations above their historical average. The buying was concentrated in AI infrastructure and neocloud providers such as CoreWeave.
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