ShareScope Survey Results 2005

Monday 12th December

Over the next 12 months, which region or regions do you think will offer the BEST returns?
Answer Count % UK 127 15.8% US 83 10.3% Europe 90 11.2% Japan 422 52.4% Emerging 362 44.9% None 2 0.3%

Over the next 12 months, which region or regions do you think will suffer NEGATIVE returns?
Answer Count % UK 155 19.5% US 305 38.4% Europe 229 28.8% Japan 42 5.3% Emerging 39 4.9% None 231 29.1%

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Monday 27th November

Over the last 13 years, commercial property has outperformed equities as an investment. How do you think it will perform over the next 5 years?
Answer Count % Outperform 172 21.10% Underperform 298 36.56% Match 223 27.36% Don't Know 122 14.97%

Do you invest in any of the following? *
Answer Count % Quoted Property Companies 217 26.23% Property Funds 97 11.90% Real Estate Investment Trusts 18 2.21% Buy To Let 161 19.75%

Would you like to see commercial and/or residential property data in ShareScope? *
Answer Count % Commercial 296 36.32% Residential 317 38.90% No 150 18.40% Don't Care 278 34.10%

Questions marked with a * invited respondents to select more than one answer (if applicable). As such, the total percentage figure does not neccessarily equate to 100%.

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Monday 21st November

SIPPs allow much greater control of the investment of your pension. New rules come into effect in April (A-Day) which broaden the range of eligible investments. Do you plan to make any changes?
Answer Count % Yes 179 21.3% No 385 45.9% Already a pensioner 275 32.8%

	More	None/Same	Less
Equities	51.3%	44.6%	4.1%
Bonds	13.4%	75.9%	10.7%
Property	35.4%	56.2%	8.4%
Other Assets (e.g. collectibles)	13.8%	80.1%	6.1%

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Monday 14th November

Refco was the largest independent futures broker in the world. In two months it went from floating with a peak capitalisation of £3.5 billion to bankruptcy when accounting irregularities were uncovered. Some of their customers may not get their money back in full. How much does it worry you that this may not be a one-off?
Answer Count % A lot 136 17.69% Quite a lot 238 30.95% A little 287 37.32% Not at all 108 14.04%

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Monday 7th November

Which of the following sectors are you most BULLISH about?

The 10 most popular sectors were as follows:

Mining 44.5% Oil & Gas 40.9% Pharmaceuticals 28.7% Banks 27.1% Tobacco 24.2% Aerospace & Defence 20.5% Utilities, Other 20.3% Insurance 17.4% Electricity 15.8% Construction & Building Materials 14.7%

Which of the following sectors are you most BEARISH about?

The 10 least popular sectors were as follows:

General Retailers 40.6% Automobiles 24.1% Real Estate 17.2% Restaurants, Pubs & Breweries 17.2% Household Goods & Textiles 16.5% Construction & Building Materials 13.3% Engineering & Machinery 11.7% Leisure & Hotels 11.3% Banks 10.8% Media & Entertainment 10.8%

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Monday 31st October

When Alan Greenspan replaced Paul Volcker as Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1987, the markets were nervous. How do you see the recent appointment of Ben Bernanke?
Good Choice 33.2% Bad Choice 5.2% Don't Know 44.4% Don't Care 4.3%

What impact will it have on financial markets?
Positive 15.7% Neutral 46.3% Negative 12.4% Don't Know 25.6%

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Monday 24th October

A key economic driver has been house price inflation. In August 2005 annual house price inflation was 2.8 per cent, down from 4.0 per cent in July 2005. What do you think the change will be over the next 12 months?
More than 15% fall 4.0% 5% - 15% fall 38.7% Stable 39.7% 5% - 15% rise 18.8% More than 15% rise 0.6%

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Monday 17th October

The Euro is currently 1.46 to the pound having peaked at 1.75 in 2000. The recent low was 1.41 at the start of this year. In six months time it will be:
More than 1.60 4.5% 1.50 - 1.60 23.6% 1.40 - 1.50 44.6% 1.30 - 1.40 23% Less than 1.30 4.3%

The US dollar is currently 1.76 to the pound. In March this year it peaked at 1.93. In six months time it will be:
More than 1.90 5.1% 1.80 - 1.90 26.8% 1.70 - 1.80 36% 1.60 - 1.70 27.9% Less than 1.60 4.3%

Hypothetically, do you think it would be more appropriate for the UK to adopt the Euro or Dollar?
Euro 60.3% Dollar 39.7%

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