Is anyone aware of any studies/books that give an in-depth description of the composition of the various financial markets out there? I want to know as much as possible about who is participating in these markets.
Here's an example of what I'm looking for: Over Thanksgiving dinner I spoke with a friend of my family who I'd known for many years, and when the topic of the conversation went to finance she mentioned that she had used several thousand dollars to buy stock in various companies she thought highly of, like Starbucks. This woman is a retired vocal instructor; she has no expertise whatsoever in the stock market. A month or two later I was talking to a friend of mine and mentioned this story, and he mentioned that he had dabbled in stocks at one point himself; he also has no training whatsoever in finance. My question is, "How many people like this are there out in the world, how much money are they putting into the stock market, and what else can I know about their demographic info?" I would like in-depth statistics on where these people are, what their education level is, how much they earn, etc.
I was hoping there would be some kind of academic study that would have charts showing the percentage of the buying and selling that is being done by different groups (average Americans, individual professional investors, pensions, endowments, banks, etc.), and trends, but I haven't been able to find anything like that.
Anyone have any advice? Know anyone who might know what direction to start looking in?
Thanks,
Nathan Wailes www.nathanwailes.com
Tons of non-business people do this, and I'm guessing it's the biggest reason smart funds are able to beat the market (a.k.a. there's enough stupid money out there, keeping markets less than efficient)
What do you need the info for?
There's a lot of talk about this kind of money, I think it's called retail investors. Could be wrong though.
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