股票是一种大众投资工具,这一点,在世界各国差别不大。我国拥有相当庞大的股民群体。据中国证券登记结算公司提供的数据,截止到201 1年3月底,中国A股自然人账户数为15488万户。由于这一数据为上海、深圳两个市场的账户总数,以除以2来简单推算的话,中国A股的股民数量在7744万人左右,占到人口总数的5.78%。但是,比起美国人投资股票的比例来说,这个数字要小得多。统计数据显示,2011年54%的美国人在股票市场有投资,这还是自1999年以来美国人投资股票市 Stock is a popular investment tool, which is not much different in all countries in the world. Our country has a very large stockholder group. According to the data provided by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation, as of the end of March 2011, the number of natural person accounts of China’s A shares was 154.88 million. Since this figure is the total number of accounts in Shanghai and Shenzhen, divided by 2, the total number of Chinese A-share investors is 77.44 million, accounting for 5.78% of the total population. However, this figure is much smaller than the percentage of Americans investing in stocks. Statistics show that 54% of Americans invested in the stock market in 2011, which is also the reason that Americans invest in the stock market since 1999