ADVFN
Reveals
Private
Investors'
Top UK-listed
Shares
of
2020
-
energy
sector piques
investor interest
in the new decade -
Leading
private investor website ADVFN
(LSE:AFN)
has identified the 10 most followed stocks
so
far this
year.
London,
Jan 14th, ADVFN PLC, -- ADVFN Newswire -- Schroder UK Public
Private Trust Plc (formerly Woodford
Patient Capital Trust Plc) has
seen the
highest interest
amongst the
retail
investor community
on
www.advfn.com since
2020
trading commenced. However, it is companies
operating
in the oil, gas and
energy sectors
(Lekoil,
BP,
ITM Power and Royal Dutch Shell),
which
dominate
the top
10 spots. The
construction, healthcare
and
defence sectors
get an
entry each with
Galliford Try,
NMC
Health
and Avon Rubber
respectively. Perennial investor
favourites Lloyds
and
BT
Group complete the
list.
By
analysing data from its Follow
Feed
product,
an
artificial intelligence tool developed for active private
investors, ADVFN
can
ascertain
the most
'followed' stocks amongst its 36
million userbase.
The list of
the 10
most followed
UK-listed
stocks so far in 2020
(in order):
1.
Schroder UK Public Private Trust Plc -
LSE:SUPP
2.
Lekoil
-
LSE:LEK
3.
Galliford Try –
LSE:GFRD
4.
BP –
LSE:BP.
5.
Lloyds
–
LSE:LLOY
6.
ITM Power
-
LSE:
ITM
7.
NMC
Health -
LSE:NMC
8.
Royal Dutch Shell
-
LSE:RDSB
9.
Avon Rubber
-
LSE:AVON
10.
BT Group
-
LSE:BT.A
Follow
Feed keeps track of the
stocks and cryptos that an investor
selects.
It alerts them to key
events - such as
price
breakouts, unusual price
action, high volume trades,
order book activity, news and announcements and forum
comments - and
subtle
moves for their selected assets as they
happen, in
a
real-time
social
media-style
newsfeed. Users of Follow Feed
have amassed over a
quarter
of a million stock 'follows'
since the
tool was launched.
"There
are many stalwart stocks, which will continue to interest investors
for the foreseeable
future. However,
with the
tools and data on ADVFN's
award-winning
platform at their disposal, users are adept at finding
(and
following) interesting,
lesser
known, niche and high
potential stocks," said Clem
Chambers, CEO of ADVFN. "Follow Feed
highlights to ADVFN
exactly what trading and investing opportunities
the private
investor community
is
currently
attracted
to
and gives
a heads up about trends in the market."
Private
investor discussion of the top 10
stocks
mentioned
and 1000s
more can be seen on ADVFN's
Bulletin Boards, which are the busiest
in the UK.
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Press/media
enquiries: Francesca De Franco –
francescad@advfnplc.com / 0794 125
3135
For
further information please contact:
ADVFN
PLC
Clement
Chambers
+44 (0) 207 070 0909
About
Follow Feed
Follow
Feed provides
essential
market insights to private
investors.
The
tool consolidates market
data into a single updating social media-style newsfeed, which
displays details of price breakouts, unusual price
action, high volume trades,
order book activity, news and announcements and forum comments for
an investors' selected assets.
If a user
is browsing ADVFN and
sees a stock
or
crypto of interest,
they
can just add it to Follow
Feed. Subsequently,
anything which makes
that
asset
start
moving or is unusual
will be
pushed to their
feed
for
further inspection and research on ADVFN's award-winning
platform.
Find out
more about Follow Feed:
https://www.advfn.com/follow-feed
The
Follow
Feed app is
available
for
iPhone, iPad and
Android devices.
About
ADVFN
ADVFN
(www.advfn.com)
is an
award-winning global
stocks,
shares and crypto
information website
providing market-leading financial tools and data to private
investors around the world.
Offering
real-time share prices, news feeds, charting, portfolio management,
monitor lists, financials, data from global stock exchanges, Level
2 and the most active financial bulletin board in the UK (along
with many other features), the site is the destination of choice
for day traders and retail investors.
Established in the
last quarter of 1999, ADVFN (LSE:AFN)
was floated on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in March
2000. The site currently has approximately 36 million users
worldwide and a billion-page impressions a year.
Originally a UK-based
site, the company currently operates in the US, UK, Brazil, Japan
and Dubai.
ADVFN has
a joint venture in Brazil, a country in which ADVFN has a
geographic and language targeted
website. This is in addition to its US, French, German, Italian,
Canadian, Japanese, Indian, Mexican and Filipino ADVFN financial
sites.
In
September 2006 ADVFN acquired InvestorsHub.com,
a leading online investment community website in the North American
market.
ADVFN
bought AllIPO,
an online IPO trading platform, as well as stock brokerages
TSCTrade
and
Throgmorton Street Capital in July 2009.
In 2013
ADVFN acquired Finance Manila, a key resource in a rapidly growing
market economy.