This statistic illustrates the results of a survey investigating the perceived risk of different investment options in Italy in 2017. As of the survey period, Stocks were considered the riskier form of investment (44 percent of the respondents), followed by derivatives (32 percent). By contrast, Liquidity and bonds were evaluates as the safest forms of investment: 42 and 40 percent of respondents, respectively.
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How risky do you rate the following investment options?
Characteristic
High risk
Medium risk
Low risk
Don't know
Stocks
44%
19%
7%
30%
Derivatives
32%
17%
10%
41%
Liquidity
10%
15%
42%
33%
Bonds
8%
19%
40%
33%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents44%44%32%32%10%10%8%8%19%19%17%17%15%15%19%19%7%7%10%10%42%42%40%40%30%30%41%41%33%33%33%33%High riskMedium riskLow riskDon't knowStocksDerivativesLiquidityBonds
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB. (October 4, 2017). How risky do you rate the following investment options? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB. "How risky do you rate the following investment options?." Chart. October 4, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB. (2017). How risky do you rate the following investment options?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB. "How Risky Do You Rate The following Investment Options?." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB, How risky do you rate the following investment options? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/ (last visited August 13, 2025)
How risky do you rate the following investment options? [Graph], Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa - CONSOB, October 4, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/786066/opinion-on-risk-of-several-investment-options-in-italy/
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