Just over 1.5 million individuals bought or sold shares directly in 2022, a high figure but slightly less than in 2021, due to a notable drop in the second half of the year, the report revealed on Monday. Financial Markets Authority (AMF).
With 1.508 million individuals having completed a stock transaction, 2022 is the second busiest year since the market watchdog began its quarterly dashboard of active retail investors, in 2018. But that represents a drop of 5.5 % compared to 2021, which was a record year.
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The second half of 2022 is even the one with the fewest people active since the first six months of 2019. The fall is even greater in terms of transactions: in total, there were 42.2 million in 2022 on shares European markets, which represents a decline of 24% compared to 2021 and 29% compared to 2020, the year when transactions by individuals had jumped.
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Equities remain, by far, the financial instruments most traded by individuals,
” notes the AMF in its press release.
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In the medium and long term, investing in shares remains the most attractive investment for building up savings and financing one's lifelong projects,
" said AMF President Marie-Anne in the same press release. Barbat-Layani.