Seven out of 10 people with assets of more than 1 billion won chose stocks as promising assets for investment this year. They viewed domestic stocks as more promising than overseas stocks as an investment target, and cited Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motors, Apple Tesla, etc. as stocks to hold for more than 10 years.
According to Samsung Securities on the 1st, as a result of a survey of 863 people with more than 1 billion won in deposit assets on the 11th and 22nd of last month (multiple responses), 77.9% predicted that stocks will be promising as investment assets this year.
As for the proportion of respondents, domestic stocks were the most at 46.6%, followed by overseas stocks at 31.3%. Gold and raw materials (7.5%), real estate (7.2%) and bonds (2.2%) accounted for less than 10%.
Hyo-seon Jang, head of Global Equity Team, Samsung Securities, said, “Considering this year’s increase in trading value and earnings forecast, there is ample room for stock price upside. You can try it,” he explained.
Samsung Electronics, which ranked first in net purchase by individual investors this year, was also selected as the best stock that it wants to hold for more than 10 years. Among asset prices, 48% chose Samsung Electronics (470 people) as domestic stocks they want to hold for more than 10 years. Hyundai Motor Company (10%) Kakao (8%) LG Chem (7%) and Samsung Biologics (6%) followed. According to the Korea Exchange, the net purchase amount of Samsung Electronics last month by individual investors amounted to 10,156.3 billion won. This move suggests the possibility of long-term holding of investment stocks.
Hae-jin Paik, executive director of SNI strategy at Samsung Securities, said, “The low interest rate environment is added, and the culture of long-term investment in search of companies that lead the industry paradigm shift among asset owners is established.” In overseas stocks, Apple ranked first with 32% (288 people) in the stocks that they want to hold for more than 10 years.
23.4% of the respondents said that they would use more than 1 billion won for stock investment among depository assets stored in banks, etc., attracting attention. More than one out of four respondents (26.9%) said they would use 100 million to 300 million won of deposit assets for stock investment. 16.6% of the respondents said they were less than 500 million won to 1 billion won.
The share of stocks among assets has increased across all age groups. Last year, the stock asset growth rate of customers with deposits of more than 1 billion won increased by 45.6% on average. By age group, those in their 30s showed the highest growth rate of stock assets at 68.5%, and those in their 20s also showed an increase of 50.1%. Those in their 60s and 50s followed by 56.5% and 55.3%. On the other hand, those in their 40s were relatively low at 35.2%.
It also attracted attention that the share of overseas stocks is rapidly increasing. In this survey, the growth rate of overseas stock assets reached 170.7%. In particular, those in their twenties were increasing the share of overseas stock investment the fastest. Their overseas stock growth rate reached 309.5%, which was 257.8% in their 30s, 234.7% in their 50s, and 125.4% in their 40s.
They were also optimistic about the possibility of a rise in the Korean stock market. Nearly half of the respondents, 46.9%, expected the KOSPI to hit 4000 within three years. 10.5% of respondents said they would reach the 5000 line. 36.2% predicted that the KOSPI will reach 3500 within three years. Only 4.4% of respondents said it would be below the 3000 line.
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