Rise of the retail army: the amateur traders transforming markets
Rise of the retail army: the amateur traders transforming markets Once dismissed as a quirky sideshow, the growth of retail trading is forcing mainstream investors to take note. Many in the industry point out that the market-moving power of the amateurs is more than a fleeting fad focused on a narrow set of stocks. Katie Martin and Robin Wigglesworth Mar 10, 2021 – 11.15am Share London/Oslo | When newcomers discover Robinhood, and decide to use the zeitgeist US trading platform to punt around in stocks, many of them have questions. Chief among them, it seems, is “what is the stock market?...
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