Retail Investors Are Getting Cautious: Is That Actually a Contrarian Buy Signal?

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• In December, CME FedWatch polled for two interest rate cuts in 2026

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• Retail investing flows jumped by 50% from 2023, the start of the bear market, through early 2025

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• Only 0.2% of interest rate traders anticipate rates to be down to 3.25 to 3.5% by end of 2026

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• Stock Advisor's total average return is 914%, compared to 184% for the S&P 500

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• You want to be greedy when others are fearful. You want to be fearful when others are greedy

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• 31% of interest rate traders expect rates to be higher, in the 3.75% to 4% range by December 2026

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• If you invested $1,000 in Nvidia on April 15, 2005 based on Stock Advisor recommendation, you would have $1,077,442

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• Retail investors aggressively bought the dip at levels not seen since the 2020 pandemic throughout volatile 2025

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• Retail trading activity dropped 30% for the week of March 12

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• For the week of March 19, retail flows fell to $3 billion, well below the 12-month average of $6.8 billion

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• 5% of interest rate traders project rates to be 50 basis points higher than current levels by December 2026

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• If you invested $1,000 in Netflix on December 17, 2004 based on Stock Advisor recommendation, you would have $515,294

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• Retail investors were net sellers of stocks on March 23, the first time since November 2023

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• Retail stock purchases are 30% lower than before the war in Iran began

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• Almost 64% of interest rate traders expect rates to remain at 3.5% to 3.75% by December 2026

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