Retail investors: The rise of new powerhouse investors in the Thai capital market

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) joins major stock markets from New York to Europe to India in welcoming a phenomenal increase in the number of new individual investors.  Driving the trend is likely the COVID-19 pandemic, as millions of individuals either found themselves with more time on their hands or considered investing in stocks as a new or additional way to make money and grow their wealth.

From January through June 2021, 230,445 new individual investors in Thailand dipped their toes into investing for the first time, and this number also reflected continuing momentum from 2020 when the number of individual investors throughout the year was as high as 119,634....

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