SPb-Exchange has summed up the results of trading in foreign shares for the first month of 2022.
The most popular stocks of the month and the return of the people's portfolio
January 2022 was volatile.. This encouraged more investors to make trades.. As a result, the number of active accounts grew stronger, than the total number of accounts. It's usually the other way around.. The trading volume remained the same.
Here's how the exchange's operating performance has changed compared to December 2021:
- trading volume - 29.6 billion dollars (+0,1%);
- number of transactions — 20.9 million (−1,3%);
- active accounts - 0.9 million (+6,4%);
- accounts with stock positions - 1.7 million (+3,8%);
- unique customers — 13.1 million (+5,1%);
- total accounts - 19.5 million (+5,9%).
In January, investors traded 1,718 shares and depositary receipts of foreign companies. Leaders in percentage of total trading volume:
- Tesla (TSLA) — 17,4%;
- Nvidia (NVDA) — 5,3%;
- Apple (AAPL) — 4,2%;
- Alibaba (BABA) — 3,1%;
- Microsoft (MSFT) — 3%;
- Ford (F) — 2,9%;
- Modern (MRNA) — 2,1%;
- Netflix (NFLX) — 1,6%;
- AMD (AMD) — 1,6%;
- Carnival (CCL) — 1,4%.
And the exchange summed up the results of the people's portfolio based on SPB100. This index includes 100 stocks, which occupy the largest share in investor portfolios. Companies with the highest weight in the SPB100 index:
- Alibaba (BABA) — 8,4%;
- Apple (AAPL) — 4,9%;
- Tesla (TSLA) — 4,2%;
- Virgin Galactic (SPCE) — 3,5%;
- Amazon (AMZN)— 3%;
- Microsoft (MSFT) — 2,8%;
- Meta Platforms (FB) — 2,8%;
- Boeing (BA) — 2,6%;
- Baidu (START) — 2,4%;
- Vipshop (VIPS) — 2,4%.
In January, the SPB100 index sank on 5,2%. Lost the same amount&P 500. But in 2021, the people's portfolio lagged noticeably behind the American benchmark. So, last year S&The P 500 rose by 26,9% and showed the third most profitable result for 24 of the year.
Russian investor, who believes in the power of Chinese retail and the rapid conquest of space, on average received a yield in 10,6% – approximately at the level of inflation for 2021. And taking into account commissions and taxes - even below inflation.
