The sector posing the largest overall assumed threat to investor's portfolios for the next six to 12 months, as of September 2020, was travel and hospitality. Around one fifth of global respondents assumed this to become an opportunity to their investment portfolio, while over one third assumed it to be a threat. The sector with the highest assumed opportunity was the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector, with 66 percent of investors seeing this sector as an opportunity. This was also the sector with the lowest share of assumed threat, at five percent of respondents.
Investment sectors with largest opportunities and threats according to investors worldwide in 2020
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Supplementary notes
Original question: "Looking ahead to the next six to 12 months, which of the following sectors do you feel represent the biggest opportunities or threats for your portfolio?"
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