Retail investing trends tracking retail investing trends in Q3

Tracking retail investing trends in Q3 2024, analysts note a sharp increase in intraday swing trading activity. Retail day trades in the S&P 500 rose 31% compared to April, with sector rotation concentrated in AI and fintech companies showing strong earnings revisions. Finding a business that has the potential to grow substantially is not easy, but it is possible if we look at a few key financial metrics. In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns. Having said that, from a first glance at DFI Retail Group Holdings ( SGX:D01 ) we aren't jumping out of our chairs at how returns are trending, but let's have a deeper look. “While investing flows of men increased in November 2024 relative to women, they subsequently returned close to their 2024 average. Changes in economic optimism, potentially related to political outcomes, could explain the temporary gender shift,” the JPM duo added. Retail investing trends in 2024 illustrate a pivot towards structured products, particularly equity-linked notes in Asia-Pacific markets. UBS reports retail demand rose 23% YOY due to yield enhancement features in low-rate environments.