The statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in selected European countries relating to the use of stock as an investment product in 2011. At the time of publication, 26 percent of respondents in Sweden stated that they had invested money in the form of stocks.
Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months?
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over 18's who own or have owned more than one financial investment product
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* For this study, 12,057 interviews were conducted in selected countires. In the following 10 countries at least 1,000 interviews were carried out: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Great Britain and Switzerland. In a Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden at least 500 interviews were conducted. The source provides no precise information regarding the wording of the question asked.
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Fidelity. (December 12, 2011). Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/
Fidelity. "Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months?." Chart. December 12, 2011. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/
Fidelity. (2011). Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/
Fidelity. "Have You Bought Stocks as a Means of Investment in The Last 12 Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Dec 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/
Fidelity, Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/ (last visited March 15, 2025)
Have you bought stocks as a means of investment in the last 12 months? [Graph], Fidelity, December 12, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247466/use-of-stocks-as-an-investment-product-in-europe-by-country/
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