More than 40% of German retail investors use investment and/or leverage products to invest in commodities.
Almost three-quarters of retail investors in Germany invest in commodities, according to the latest ‘Trend of the Month’ survey conducted in March by the German association for structured securities (Bundesverband für Strukturierte Wertpapiere or BSW) together with two major stock exchanges and several financial portals. For a long time, only institutional investors traded on commodity markets - Christian Vollmuth, BSW Precious metals and commodities are used by the majority