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Sentiment unchanged from July 2012 The more active the investor, the more bullish the sentiment: 1. Traded less than 3 times in the last 12 months: 6% strongly agree 2. Traded 3-10 times in the last 12 months: 10% strongly agree 3. Traded 11 times or more in the last 12 months: 15% strongly agree *The S&P 500 was up 9% over the course of the quarter (6/29/12 to 9/24/12). Source: Yahoo! Finance
Indicates investors have an indifferent opinion of the stock markets as a good place for their long-term assets While mean scores did not change much depending on trading activity 1. Active investors were significantly more likely to be highly confident (41%) in the markets as moderate (28%) or less active (23%) investors NOTE: Highly confident is defined as a respondent who selected 8, 9 or 10 in rating their confidence.
48% say they are more confident today 52% say they are less confident today
20% 33% Economic Issues What has the biggest impact on your confidence in the stock market? Matures 24% 10% Federal Spending & Deficit Gen Y&Z 11% 26% General Market Perf. 16% 6% Personal Portfolio Perf. 14% 7% D.C. Gridlock & Election 1% 3% Glitches Mature investors biggest concerns are Federal Spending, the Economy and Personal Portfolio Performance Gen Y & Z investors biggest concerns are the Economy, General Market Performance and Federal Spending, although to a much less extent than their Mature counterparts NOTE: Market glitches, which receive ample media coverage, were largely ignored by investors. It didn t make the cut for 92% of those surveyed as their first, second or third biggest concerns.
23% 64% 7% Monitoring my portfolio What change, if any have you made to the way you invest in the stock market over the past 6 months? More Same Less 57% 32% 46% 29% 40% 8% 11% 13% 8% 7% My tolerance for risk Amount of money I'm investing Amount of money I'm contributing to my IRA 32% 7% Monitoring my accounts on mobile device Investors show less tolerance for risk in the current market environment (32%) and are investing less in the stock market (29%) Many investors are monitoring their portfolios more often (23%)
55% of women say yes, vs. 66% of men 48% of women say no, vs. 31% of men
94% of retail investors said they voted in the 2008 Presidential Election, vs. total voter turnout of just 64%* The same number say they will vote again in 2012 *United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/voting/cb09-110.html