In 2022, more than one and a half million French people bought or sold shares directly on the stock market.
At a slightly lower level than in 2021, the number of transactions fell during the second half of the year, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) revealed on Monday.
With 1.508 million individuals having completed a stock transaction, 2022 is the second busiest year since the market watchdog began its quarterly dashboard of active retail investors, in 2018. But that represents a drop of 5.5 % compared to 2021, which was a record year.
"In the medium and long term, the most interesting investment"
The second half of 2022 is even the one with the fewest people active since the first six months of 2019. The fall is even greater in terms of transactions: in total, there were 42.2 million in 2022 on shares European markets, which represents a decline of 24% compared to 2021 and 29% compared to 2020, the year when retail transactions had surged.
“Equities remain, by far, the financial instruments most traded by individuals,” notes the AMF in its press release.
"In the medium and long term, investing in shares remains the most attractive investment for building up savings and financing one's lifelong projects," said AMF President Marie-Anne in the same press release. Barbat-Layani.
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