Hedge Fund Net US Stock Buys Hit $4.8B, Second Largest Weekly Volume Since 2008

Hedge funds deployed $4.8B in net US stock purchases last week, marking the second-highest weekly volume since 2008, while institutional and retail investors shifted to net selling.

Woofun AI reports that hedge funds executed a net purchase of $4.8 billion in U.S. stocks during the previous week. This figure represents the second-largest weekly buying volume recorded since 2008. When measured as a percentage of the total market value of the S&P 500, this activity ranks 24th in historical data.

Conversely, institutional investors registered a net sale of $3.8 billion, terminating a four-week streak of net buying. Their average net buying volume over the preceding four weeks declined to $3.9 billion. Retail investors also posted a slight net sale of $0.2 billion, with their four-week average net buying volume dropping to $0.6 billion.