retail investor
Individual market participant
A retail investor is an individual who buys and sells securities—stocks, bonds, mutual funds—for their own personal account rather than on behalf of an institution.
The term distinguishes ordinary people managing their own money from professional traders at banks, hedge funds, or pension funds.
Retail investors piled into meme stocks during the 2021 trading frenzy.
The rise of commission-free trading apps has dramatically increased retail investor participation in markets.
- individualOne separate human being
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- brokerageTransaction-facilitating service
- dividendCorporate profit share
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- investorsventure capitalist, shareholders, stockholders, stakeholder, shareholder
- market participantsbuyer, seller, vendor, supplier, consumer
- stakeholdersshareholder, stockholder, owner, customer, client
- trading slangbull, short, long, dip, pump
- startup fundingseed round, venture capital, seed funding, Series A, VC
- financial account holdersdepositor, shareholder, bondholder, policyholder, stockholder
retail investorinstitutional investor
Entity investing pooled capital
pension fund · hedge fund · private equity firm · mutual fund · endowment
retail investorwhale
Huge sea mammal
smart money · activist investor · majority shareholder · insider · lead investor
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