The market volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic resulted in low trading activity among investors in the United States in 2020. According to a survey from May to June 2020, only 11 percent of retirement-only investors stated to have bought, sold, or both bought and sold investments. The activity was higher among taxable account investors, where 20 percent stated to have both bought and sold investments, another 19 percent bought, and another 10 percent had sold.
Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor
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Retirement-only investors
Taxable account investors
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FINRA, & National Opinion Research Center. (September 28, 2020). Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/
FINRA, und National Opinion Research Center. "Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor ." Chart. September 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/
FINRA, National Opinion Research Center. (2020). Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/
FINRA, and National Opinion Research Center. "Investment Transactions Made Due to The Covid-19 Outbreak in The United States in 2020, by Type of Investor ." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/
FINRA & National Opinion Research Center, Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Investment transactions made due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States in 2020, by type of investor [Graph], FINRA, & National Opinion Research Center, September 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229165/investment-transactions-made-as-a-result-to-coronavirus-outbreak-usa/