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Retail Investing

Individual non-professional investors' participation in financial markets, including their trading behavior, platforms used, and risk attitudes.

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investOne report1 publisher

Kioxia's 848.7 billion yen margin book runs into six-month settlement deadlines

Kioxia's margin buying balance stands at 848.7 billion yen at cost, according to Nikkei, with the stock at half its June peak. Nikkei's loss estimate puts that book only about 6% under water, so deadline selling pressure falls on those who bought near the top.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
investOne report1 publisher

Robinhood joins Oura's IPO syndicate as the last of 18 underwriters

Robinhood is the 18th of 18 underwriters on Oura's IPO, its first seat in a syndicate with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan. The debut gives a retail brokerage a formal role in underwriting an offering Oura postponed on Tuesday.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption20
Hype gap+30
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
scienceOne report1 publisher

Investors who lean on social media rate their knowledge above what an 11-question quiz shows

University of Georgia surveys of 2,500-plus US investors find those who lean on social media feel sure of their knowledge but do worse on basic questions. Because the evidence comes from surveys, it can place the overconfidence among social media users but cannot establish that the platforms produced it.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption25
Hype gap+20
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

U.S. Bank counts 12% of Gen Z holding the crypto nearly half of them call appealing

U.S. Bank's 2026 Wealth Report has two-thirds of Gen Z and Millennials opening a brokerage account before a down payment. Its private wealth president says parents are closing the housing gap out of guilt.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption38
Hype gap+16
Incentives72
Confidence46
investOne report1 publisher

The S&P set 23 fewer record highs in year one of Trump's second term than in 2017

The index gained 13 to 16 percent from January 2025 to January 2026. That is between 54 and 66 percent of the 24.1 percent it posted in the same window of 2017, and it came off a base two consecutive 20 percent years had already lifted.

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence38
investOne report1 publisher

Korea Exchange eases cash deposit rule for all flagged stocks as retail investors keep buying some anyway

Of 1,548 caution and risk designations since 2022, prices were lower 20 trading days later in 1,050 cases and down more than 30% in 398, while individuals were net buyers of 13 of the 41 stocks flagged in August.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption55
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Robinhood spends its new underwriting licence on the last seat in Oura's syndicate

Oura's S-1 lists 18 underwriters and Robinhood is the last of them, on a deal seeking up to $3bn at more than $16bn. It is the first use of a licence the brokerage received in June 2026, and what it buys is a say in allocation.

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption24
Hype gap+32
Incentives62
Confidence44
investOne report1 publisher

Kiwoom accounts for 54.7 percent of what Korean investors still owe after forced sales

Unpaid principal at Korea's ten largest brokerages rose 5.1 times to 37.79575 billion won over seven months, a sum equal to less than a tenth of a percent of the record 38.6328 trillion won margin book behind it.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption72
Hype gap+20
Incentives55
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Three of Cramer's six "buy now" names trade at lower earnings multiples

The CNBC Investing Club says it is getting more selective about AI. Its September buy list still runs Intel, Micron at six times fiscal 2027 earnings and Meta at about 19, next to Kimberly Clark and BNY.

Publishers:cnbc.com

Reality

Evidence22
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+40
Incentives85
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

Sportsbooks are not competing with the movie budget. They are competing with the brokerage account

Two academic papers put figures on where wager money comes from: net household investment down nearly 14% after legalisation, and credit stress showing up in the lending data.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption82
Hype gap+14
Incentives66
Confidence54