The scanning for its four-week period ending May 28, 2021 rankings"High" in comparison to historical averages.
"Clients took some danger from the table in May, favoring assets like U.S. ETFs and Fixed Income over stocks," said JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist, TD Ameritrade. "It is the first time since October of last year which customers have been net sellers of stocks, while largely keeping their degree of overall vulnerability to the market in an environment where the Indices were mostly unchanged. This can be brought on by the equity purchases being in greater Beta stocks. Looking forward it appears economic optimism might be on the increase -- the market is slowly but surely gaining the marketplace appears to have shaken off a few of the current inflation concerns for the time being."
Equity markets have been mixed throughout the period. The Nasdaq Composite moved reduced by 1.56%. Economic data was largely positive throughout the entire month. Consumer spending continued to grow up 0.5 percent, since the CDC continued to loosen mask prices and more Americans spent services, dining and traveling. New jobless claims dropped more than expected to set a new pandemic-era low, while President Biden introduced a $6 billion trillion spending plan using large projected increases on infrastructure. The Federal Reserve started to telegraph a eventual change from its simple monetary policy as evidence mounts of a continuing economic recovery and increasing inflation.
TD Ameritrade customers were net purchasers overall throughout the May IMX interval but were net sellers of stocks. This marked the first time since October that inventories were web sold. Some of the favorite equity names purchased throughout the period have been:
TD Ameritrade customers were net sellers of stocks within this period, such as:
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