Treasury Direct has the highest number of investors since the beginning of the historical series

O Ministry of Economy released this Monday (27) the balance sheet referring to the movements of the Direct Treasure May 2022. According to the ministry, the total number of active investors who currently have a balance in the program’s applications reached the mark of 1,974,879 people – an increase of 39,702 investors in the month.

Investors registered with the Treasury Direct, not necessarily with a balance in their account, increased to 18,953,067 people, an increase of 561,064 in the month, which represents an increase of 72.39% compared to May 2021.

The Balance of Treasury Direct has been released monthly since September 2003. The figures released are the highest since the beginning of the historical series.

In May this year, 600,121 investment operations were carried out in Treasury Direct bonds, totaling more than R$3.90 billion. The Ministry reported that investments of up to BRL 1,000 represented 59.99% of investment operations in the month, while the average value per operation was BRL 6,510.26.

The bond most sought after by investors was the Selic Treasury, indexed to the basic interest rate, which totaled R$2.20 billion in sales and corresponded to 56.46% of the total. It is worth mentioning that the Selic is currently at 13.25% per year – the highest level since 2016.

Other inflation-linked securities were also among investors’ preferences, such as Treasury IPCA+ and Treasury IPCA+ with Semiannual Interest, which totaled R$1.28 million and corresponded to 32.68% of sales.

Fixed rate securities (Prefixed Treasury and Fixed Rate Treasury with Semiannual Interest) totaled R$424.34 million in sales, or 10.86% of the total.

Most of the bonds purchased had maturities between 1 and 5 years, representing 79.99% of the total. Investments in bonds maturing over 10 years followed, representing 17.94%, while bonds maturing from 5 to 10 years corresponded to 2.06% of the total.