Retail Investment Expected to Sustain Stock Market Growth Through Year-End

According to BlockBeats, JPMorgan anticipates that strong seasonal trends will likely continue to support retail investment inflows, sustaining the stock market until the end of the year. The S&P 500 Index has experienced six consecutive months of growth, reaching 36 all-time highs, driven by technology stocks related to artificial intelligence. JPMorgan forecasts that the momentum driven by retail investors will persist into early 2026, with recent inflows into stock ETFs amounting to approximately $160 billion. Currently, the stock market's rise has paused due to profit-taking and uncertainties surrounding U.S. policy and Federal Reserve interest rate directions. However, Goldman Sachs analyst Richard Privorotsky suggests that any market pullbacks should be brief, maintaining that stocks remain a "buy-the-dip" opportunity.