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Article: Fear of stock market crash FINANCE: Investor confidence in shares plummets
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- Evening Mail
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- October 23, 2006
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MIDLAND investors have been placed on alert over a potential stock
market crash with confidence in shares plunging.
The latest investor confidence index from the Association of
Investment Companies shows that 34 per cent of the general public
think property will outperform the stock market over the next six
months.
Meanwhile, the feelgood factor surrounding the FTSE - which
recently reached a five-year high - has diminished, with the number
of active investors expecting the stock market to outperform property
falling from 71 per cent in spring 2005 to 44 per cent today.
The AIC research says that 28 per cent of active investors cite a