UK investors are losing confidence in emerging market opportunities

Retail investors are regaining confidence in the UK and US markets as they lose patience with emerging markets performance.

Over a third of UK retail investors view the domestic market as able to offer the strongest long-term opportunities, according to the latest research from investment platform eToro.

The US economy’s improving performance has also lured investors back, with 35 per cent believing the market can offer sustainable returns.

This has been credited to investors choosing to overlook concerns of macroeconomic uncertainty in a bid to gain a share of well performing companies who have a significant US presence.

Lale Akoner, global market strategist at eToro said: “As confidence in the resilience of the US

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