In a survey conducted among active investors in Australia in 2021, around 80 percent of respondents indicated that they strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement 'I do research before making an investment decision'. Around half of the respondents somewhat or strongly agreed to the statement 'I've invested in things because I didn't want to miss out'.
Investing attitudes of investors in Australia in 2021
Respondents were active Australian retail investors who had made at least one transaction (trading securities, derivatives or cryptocurrency) since March 2020
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Participants ranged from 'recent investors' (started investing during or after March 2020) to 'moderately experienced investors' (started investing before March 2020, but less than five years ago) to 'most experienced investors' (five or more years of investing).
Survey question: "To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Strongly agree, Somewhat agree,Neither agree nor disagree, Somewhat disagree, Strongly disagree, Don’t know ".
Values refer to respondents who selected strongly agree or somewhat agree.
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