dumb money
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (collective, finance) Individual, noninstitutional investors considered as a group; by extension, the money invested by such people.
- Antonym: smart money
- 2014, Pamela Yellen, The Bank On Yourself Revolution, BenBella Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 27:
- When the dumb money is piling into the market, you know it's about to reach a top, and when the dumb money is fleeing the market, a bottom isn't very far away. Dumb money, which is a heck of a lot of investors, misses the mark on both sides.