U.S. Retail Stock Trading Activity Falls 45% Since 2025 Year-End

Retail stock-trading activity in the United States has fallen about 45% since the end of 2025, while retail investors’ share of total U.S. stock volume has declined six percentage points to about 9%, leaving household demand in focus as public share supply may expand. The 9% share is near its lowest level since 2020. U.S. households net bought about $840 billion in stocks during the first half of 2026, and stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds attracted about $350 billion year to date. The wealthiest 10% of U.S. households hold about 87% of household equity assets.

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