Investors' first information choice remains print paper

Preliminarily released data from the Zurich University study 'Equity Ownership in Switzerland 2006' confirm that investors in Switzerland still rely on newspapers as their first information choice. Although print products have lost some importance compared to the previous study from 2004, they are still rated 10 percent higher than the Internet. While persons under 30 prefer the Web to the newspaper, the preference of persons between 30 and 59 is roughly on the same level for both media. Persons over 60 have a clear preference for newspapers.

The study, made by the Swiss Banking Institute of the Unversity of Zurich, which will be officially released on 24 November, is in sharp contrast with the general opinion that the Internet has already won over the classical media. In 2003 a study by professor Pöll of the University of Linz had already stated that the Internet would certainly diminish the information gap between finance professionals and private investors, but the Web would also generate more quantity rather than quality.

Source: Neue Zürcher Zeitung


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