private trading is up

Filed in archive Global Economy on August 13, 2003

You can refuse this indicator but private trading activities outline the interest in stock markets. This article suggests the return of day-traders and

"UK on-line trading volumes, meanwhile, were up from the usual mark of about 500,000 trades per quarter to more than 700,000 in Q2 -- a 42 percent rise in three months."

Even mighty Comdirect has turned around the falling order volume and increased it by 23% in Q2. Profits have jumped as well. Direct banking might be worth a new investment again...