Singapore investors confident in local investment opportunities, but prefer international stocks: Legg Mason survey

SINGAPORE (Nov 20): Nearly half of Singaporean investors believe their own country presents the best investment opportunities in the near-term, ahead of other popular investment locations such as China and the US.  

This is according to asset management firm Legg Mason based on the findings of its Global Investment Survey 2018, which tracks investor sentiment and behavior across 17 markets worldwide.

In a report entitled Rise of the conviction investor: Ethics and the search for outperformance driving trends in 2019, 49% of survey respondents in Singapore viewed their own country as having the best investment opportunities over the next 12 months.

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