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Gambling on the stock market: are retail investors even playing to win?

  • Written by Warren Hogan, Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic surge in “mum and dad” retail investors playing stock exchanges across the world.

In Australia, retail investors were net buyers of A$9 billion of Australian stocks between late February and mid-May, according to corporate advisory firm Vesparum Capital. In contrast, the...

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