Scott Rubner: Retail investors are buying on dips at a record pace

Castle Securities analyst Scott Rubner pointed out that retail investors have been buying on dips at a record pace this year. Data shows that on days when the S&P 500 index fell, retail investors bought 3.5 times the daily average; Bargain buying is the preferred strategy for retail investors in the first half of 2026. The scale of this behavior exceeds the period of the meme stock craze in 2021, making it the strongest bargain hunting buying behavior of Castle Securities since tracking data in 2020.