A new survey by behavioural finance specialists Oxford Risk has revealed the extent to which retail investors are taking cues from social media.
The firm surveyed a representative sample of UK adults in December, with 7 percent saying they used Facebook as a source of information for investment decisions, while 6 percent used Twitter and 5 percent LinkedIn.
Younger investors were more likely to report this behaviour: for 18 to 34-year-olds 20 percent say social media is...