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Swedish people are fleeing the stock market

Wednesday, 29 August 2012
At the end of June this year, 1 450 999 individuals could be identified as shareholders in Sweden. This is just over 23 000 fewer than at the turn of the year, signifying that Swedish people are fleeing the stock market.

official data from statistic Sweden show that an increasing population and fewer shareholders have led to a smaller proportion having direct ownership of shares. At the end of June this year, 15.3 percent of the population owned shares; a decrease from 15.5 percent at the turn of the year. The proportion of shareholders in the population has fallen for each year since December 2002 when 22.6 percent of the population owned shares.

Men own more shares, in terms of both total number and proportion. At the end of June this year, the proportion of women who owned shares was 12.9 percent, while the proportion of men was 17.6 percent. Of the individuals who could be identified as shareholders, 51 505 had a share wealth of SEK 1 million or more. Of these, 17 501 were women and 34 004 were men.

At the end of June this year, Swedish households' share wealth was valued at just under Skr 419 billion. This is an increase of almost Skr 15 billion compared to the turn of the year.
By scancomark.com / Source: Statistic Sweden