Retail Investor Pessimistic and Institutional Investors Optimistic on China's Capital Markets – 18.05.2021

BEIJING , May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Data collected in April 2021 for the first quarter of the Cheung Kong Investor Sentiment Survey (CKISS) found that retail investors showed pessimism towards China’s capital markets while institutional investors showed optimism - 61.3% of retail investors expected China’s A-share stock prices to rise in the next year, a decrease of 8.1% from the previous period, and 79.9% of institutional investors expected A-shares will rise, an increase of 18.3% from the previous period. Respondents’ views on Hong Kong stocks also showed divergence. Retail investors are more pessimistic than the previous period, and institutional…