The credit crunch has not phased investors, according to figures from online shares service The Share Centre.
The Share Centre’s weekly top five buys table shows consumers remain optimistic about investing in big banks despite the economic downturn. Big financial institutions dominated last week’s top five buy stocks. The Royal Bank of Scotland topped the table, followed by Lloyds TSB, Barclays, Northern Rock and Alliance & Leicester. The Royal Bank of Scotland stock sales doubled Lloyds TSB sales. Tesco sold the most stocks, followed by Glaxo, BHP Billiton, BP and Vodafone. Nick Raynor, investment adviser at The Share Centre, says: “Like many, The Share Centre investors are in it for the lon...
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