AIM's 25th anniversary: from Wild West to runaway success?12 Jun 2020 14:41
AIM's 25th anniversary: from Wild West to runaway success?
Interactive Investor - 12th June 2020
"The AIM market has cause for celebration as it approaches its milestone 25th anniversary on 19 June, says interactive investor, the UK’s second-largest direct to consumer platform.
The AIM All-Share Index has recovered quicker than the FTSE 100 and the broader FTSE All Share index, returning 49% versus 27% and 29% respectively since 23 March 2020, which marked a low point for many markets across the globe, to 10 June 2020.
Over the last year, the FTSE AIM All Share has fallen 8%, compared to -11% for the FTSE All Share, and over five years it is up 21% versus 7% for the FTSE All Share (to end May 2020)......
.....“The pandemic has also boosted the performance of gold miners, on the back of a rally in gold prices as investors raced to buy the perceived safe haven asset to mitigate the impact of the heightened stock market volatility on their portfolio. Greatland Gold (LSE:GGP) in particular, which was a penny stock at the start of the year but has since soared by 600% following mining successes, has proved popular among our customer, ranking 4th on the list of most bought AIM shares this year...."
https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/aims-25th-anniversary-wild-west-runaway-success-ii511998