Irish retail investors invested heavily in US tech during 2025 

US tech firms accounted for nine of the top 12 most traded stocks this year

Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, topped the list for the most traded stock by Irish retailer investors this year. 

Irish retail investors heavily invested in technology stocks during 2025, driven largely by a surge in valuations due to AI, with nine of the 12 most traded stocks coming from the US tech sector, a new analysis by online stockbroker Degiro found.

Chipmaker Nvidia, the largest company in the world by market capitalisation, topped the list for Irish retail investors this year followed by Google’s parent company Alphabet, carmaker Tesla, Intel and Amazon. Another chipmaker, AMD, stood in sixth place, followed by data analytics firm Palantir, the RealReal, Microsoft, Bank of Ireland, Apple, and Berkshire Hathaway.