Retail Investors Pile Into 6-Week-Old DRAM ETF on AI Bet, Driving Record Demand

1 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 16

55 shares bought on May 11 by Alberta retailer Brian Emes show how individual investors are chasing the Roundhill Memory ETF, a fund launched only in early April.
The six-week-old ETF has become a concentrated AI wager for buyers who see memory chips as a key beneficiary of the boom and are acting on Reddit threads and YouTube videos.
Emes, 43, said DRAM now makes up about 7% of his portfolio, underscoring how quickly retail enthusiasm has turned the niche product into a record-busting AI trade.
The surge highlights a broader market pattern in which small investors are using thematic ETFs to target specific AI supply-chain winners they may view as too costly or difficult to pick individually.

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