A more upbeat outlook for global equities markets has US investors poised to increase their trading volume entering 2014, according to the results of the "Monex Global Retail Investor Survey, Vol. 11," by TradeStation, a Monex Group company.
In the online survey conducted in November 2013, US investors’ perception of the global equities markets took a decidedly positive turn, with 54% predicting that global stocks will rise in the first quarter of 2014, up from just 30% predicting such an increase in September 2013.
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Only one in four survey respondents (26%) sees global equities markets declining entering 2014.
US investors’ more buoyant outlook for global equities raised expectations for their own trading volume over the next 12 months. Fifty-nine percent of respondents expected their trading volume to increase in 2014, up from just 44% in September.
That’s positive news for US equities markets in particular, as some 63% of TradeStation customers expect US stocks to outperform stocks in Europe/UK, Asia (excluding Japan) and Japan, up 5 points from September and 20 points above the 43% figure posted as recently as December 2012.
Of the 67% of investors who consider stocks to be an attractive investment in 2014, fully 91% expect to concentrate their trading in the US equities markets.
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By GlobalDataMoreover, investors’ growing optimism extends beyond stocks to options, futures and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Some 76% of TradeStation customers view options and futures as attractive investments for 2014, while 68% were similarly positive on next year’s outlook for ETFs.
Salomon Sredni, CEO of TradeStation Group and COO of Monex Group, said: "This quarter’s results suggest that after several challenging years, investors foresee growing opportunities in both domestic and international markets as we enter 2014. With investors poised to increase their trading volume, TradeStation is laser-focused on ensuring that our clients have the tools and resources they need to take advantage of these growing opportunities."
Monex has been conducting its monthly retail investor survey with its Japanese clients since October 2009. The "Monex Global Retail Investor Survey," covering retail clients in Japan, Hong Kong and the US, was launched in June 2011 and is conducted on a quarterly basis. Please refer to the full report for complete results.
Other key findings of the survey include:
- TradeStation customers are somewhat less bullish on prospects for the US dollar, with 41% expecting the dollar to outperform the other major currencies in the next three months. That’s down from 51% last quarter but above the 35% figure posted a year ago in December 2012.
- US investors continue to see China playing an important role on the global economic stage, with 46% of respondents citing China as the economic area outside their own that would experience the strongest GDP growth over the next 12 months.
