Retail investors are looking to adjust their portfolios on declining interest rates, with 76% planning to maintain or increase contributions, according to investment platform eToro‘s latest data.
eToro US investment analyst Bret Kenwell joins Wealth to explain that retail investors are focusing more on risk assets like equities (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) and crypto, while also moving to cash as an opportunistic strategy.
“When we… dig through the data, we think it’s more of an opportunistic move to cash, with investors looking to redeploy that later in the year on some sort of pullbacks in the market and in crypto,” Kenwell tells Brad Smith.
Watch the video above to hear more of Kenwell’s analyst insights, including his thoughts on the cautious approach that Gen Z investors take on, as the demographic notably allocates more to cash and high-yield bonds (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX).
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This post was written by Josh Lynch
