Nearly 800,000 small holders bought or sold shares in the first quarter of 2022.
Despite the blow on the markets, linked to the war in Ukraine, galloping inflation and the clouds gathering over growth, the enthusiasm for the stock market is undeniable. The French are still as active in buying and selling shares: their number “stabilizing at high levels” after the boom of the Covid years, according to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), which published its annual report on Wednesday. No less than 793,000 savers placed at least one order on the markets on 1er quarter of 2022, according to the stock market policeman. A very good score, comparable to the average of the past two years.
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Unquestionably, the pandemic has served as an accelerator for the return of the French to the stock market. The sharp fall in the markets in March 2020 allowed individuals to embark on the purchase of shares at knock-down prices, while confinement blocked them at home and digitalization simplified operations. Nevertheless, this taste for shareholding does not only date…
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