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Retail Investors Crowd into the Magnificent 7 6/20/24

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CNBC

Disruptors, Tech, Technology, Cnbc, Management, Business, Faang, Investing

4.566 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Retail investors have been crowding into a few pockets of big tech, including the Mag 7, Nvidia, and riskier, turbo-charged Nvidia plays through long-leveraged semiconductor ETFs like NVDL and SOXL, according to new data from Vanda. So far, this narrow strategy has been working, with retail outperforming the S&P, but there is risk in being so indexed to big tech and the AI story, and could add to volatility in these names.

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0:00.0

So AI beneficiaries and then these riskier EDFs appear to be pretty much the only thing that individual investors are chasing right now on balance.

0:07.9

So-called retail traders actually been under-participating in the market turnover for this group which is essentially

0:14.2

total buys and sells is at the lowest level we've seen since before the pandemic that's

0:18.4

according to data from Vanda research they're concentrating on just a few pockets of big tech.

0:24.0

You got the MAG-7, NVIDIA, and then these turbo-charged

0:27.2

NVIDIA plays through leveraged semiconductor EDFs. And when it comes to

0:31.2

Mega Caps, Vanda shows a roughly 29% uptick in purchases of the Mag 7 as a percentage of total trading.

0:38.0

This is an increasingly crowded position, according to Bank of America's Global Fund Manager survey.

0:44.0

Long Mag 7 is now the most crowded trade on record.

0:48.0

Retail traders are also over-index to NVIDIA, the AI Darling of, and the most valuable name on the market.

0:54.4

Also, the most widely held by individuals.

0:57.1

Above Apple and Tesla at this point, again, according to Vanda there, but owning

1:00.4

NVIDIA, it's not enough for some people

1:02.8

they're looking to amplify that upside.

1:04.7

You can see that dynamic with the popularity

1:07.1

of long-levered ETS right now.

1:09.0

There's the NVIDIA D.L.

1:10.6

ETF, which is a two times NVIDIA Leverage Fund up 500% this year roughly 4 billion dollar market cap and then there's

1:17.5

S.O. Excel which offers three times leverage of the total chip sector that's roughly doubled in this leverage

1:23.7

of course also amplifies the potential downside crowding into these names has

1:27.8

also been attracting the interest of short sellers guys all of this course

1:31.9

goes against the conventional wisdom to diversify your portfolio, but right now,

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