Các nhà đầu tư bán lẻ Nhật Bản tăng gấp đôi giao dịch đòn bẩy giữa làn sóng tăng giá cổ phiếu AI

The Nikkei newspaper reported that individual investors in Japan are rapidly using leverage to bet on the AI boom. By July, the amount of margin trading by individual investors in the Japanese stock market reached JPY 123 trillion (approximately CNY 1.09 trillion), doubling since the beginning of the year and hitting the highest level since statistics began in 2016. Data shows that margin trading volume by individual investors set a record in June and remained high in July. Meanwhile, the proportion of margin trading relative to total trading volume by individual investors rose to 83%, also setting a new record. AI-related stocks have become the main driver behind the surge in margin trading. For instance, the margin buying balance for Kioxia Holdings, an AI storage stock, reached 13.23 million shares as of August 7, making it one of the most popular targets. Benefiting from the recent rise in the Japanese stock market, leveraged investors have generally performed well; the unrealized return rate for margin traders turned positive in June—a rare occurrence—and although it fell back to a loss of 8.4% by the end of July, it still outperformed the average loss over the past decade (-10.2%).