Retail Traders Outperform S&P 500, Pile Into AI, Tesla, and Short-Term Bonds Post-Iran Strikes

Retail Trader Performance Amidst Tensions

• 🎯 Retail traders outperformed the S&P 500 by 30% on Monday following air strikes on Iran, demonstrating significant market activity during heightened Middle East tensions.
• 📈 They either outperformed or matched the S&P 500 in the trading days leading up to and immediately following the weekend air strikes.

Key Retail Trading Activity

• ⚡ Top stock purchases included Tesla, driven by enthusiasm over its robo-taxi launch, and AI-focused companies like Palantir, AMD, and Alphabet.
• 💡 Retail traders also bought the dip on HIMS and hers and invested in stablecoins via Circle.
• 📉 Conversely, significant selling occurred in Apple and major banks such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

Bond Market Investments

• 📊 Beyond equities, retail investors utilized ETFs to invest in short-term bonds, with SGOV and BIL ETFs ranking among the top 10 traded ETFs during the five-day period.