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Individual Investors Might Return to Stocks at Exactly Wrong Time

“Retail investors have shunned equity mutual funds over the past four years, despite the twofold gain in the stock market, going for bond funds instead.

And some experts are concerned that when individuals finally tune in to the benefits of stocks, the bull market will be over.

“They’re always late to the party,” Nadav Baum, executive vice president at BPU Investment Management, tells CNBC.

“If we are getting a true strong market where the fundamentals are good, the companies are buying back stock and they’re increasing dividends, that could keep the market going for 10 years. At some point, retail will be back in.”

Stock mutual funds have seen a $535 billion outflow since 2008…”

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