The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, Sept. 26, edition that the stock market is booming, with Canadian households investing over $180-billion in stocks in the past year, the highest amount recorded. The Globe's Tim Shufelt writes that this surge comes as retail investors show a strong appetite for risk, viewing market downturns as opportunities to buy more stocks. Despite economic uncertainties from trade wars and tariffs, everyday investors continue to remain optimistic and heavily exposed to the stock market. Fortune has favoured their boldness as the S&P/TSX Composite Index recently briefly hit 30,000, now up 32 per cent since the April sell-off. Investors have experienced a historic bull market over the past five years, with the TSX gaining 83 per cent and the S&P 500 doubling. Retail favourites like Tesla have tripled, while Nvidia has risen more than tenfold. This surge has led to high participation in the Canadian stock market, with about half of household financial assets now in stocks. "When retail investors are all of a sudden really, really enthusiastic about something -- whatever that thing is -- that does not tend to be a very good sign," said PWL Capital stockpicker Benjamin Felix.