Wall Street pros used to dismiss retail investors as “dumb money”; Buy the Dip

  — amateurs who knew no better than to chase the latest hot trade. 

But lately, the little guys have made impressive gains by “buying the dip”, and have arguably emerged as the single most influential set of investors in the stock market. 

Awed by the way the retail crowd just buys its way through negative headlines, some pros have stopped sneering and started to follow their lead.

Ruchir Sharma Financial Times 4 maj 2026

https://www.ft.com/content/ee8a0604-84cb-44da-bb33-f36818944581?syn-25a6b1a6=1