A slightly higher proportion of people's investment portfolios were passive, than the share of active investment portfolios. Passive investment portfolios usually involve less action and are based on long-term investments, such as index portfolios. Active investment portfolios are based on more action following more short-term price fluctuations, where the manager tries to beat the market through research, analysis and own judgement.
Proportion of active versus passive investment portfolios worldwide 2020
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Respondents came from 32 different locations around the world. All respondents will be investing at least 10,000 euros (or the equivalent) in the next 12 months, and who have made changes to their investments within the last 10 years.
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