Equity ISA interest shows recovery in investor optimism

March 2002 traffic figures from financial websites directory www.find.co.uk, shows consumers returned to equity investment, rather than cash, following the volatility of 2000/2001. The March figures reveal equity ISA traffic was greater than Cash ISA traffic in the run up to the end of the 2001/2 ISA season. This is a reversal of the picture at the end of the 2000/1 ISA season. Against the 2000/20001 backdrop of stockmarket uncertainty the safer Cash ISA option proved more popular. Overall interest in ISAs has increased 58% on 2001 and overtaken interest in Personal Lo...