I did a survey recently by Investment trends. Okay, maybe not recently but I remembered I was lured by some prizes if I took part in it. Since I've got time to spare, I took part in the online survey. I can't even remember what prize that is but they did promise to send me a report on the trading behaviour in Singapore. I thought It'll be quite interesting to list out the summary of the findings. After each point mentioned below, the comments following the points are from me, not from the report.
1. There are 290,000 active share traders in Singapore.
That is based on their model, presumably from the sample of survey participants. Active, in their definition, is someone who had put in a minimum of one trade in the past 12 months and have the intention to carry on trading.
2. Out of 290,000 individuals, they ...
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