stocks stocks / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam In U.S., Real Estate Still Leads Stocks as Best Investment More Americans continue to choose real estate (35%) than stocks (27%) as the best long-term investment. /poll/251696/real-estate-leads-stocks-best-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/251696/real-estate-leads-stocks-best-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 07 May 2019 18:30:00 GMT U.S. Investors See Stock Funds as Best Long-Term Investment Investors choose stock index or mutual funds over five other investments as best for the long term. Real estate and individual stocks are a distant second. /poll/236984/investors-stock-funds-best-long-term-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/236984/investors-stock-funds-best-long-term-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMT Young Americans Still Wary of Investing in Stocks American adults younger than 35 are much less likely to own stocks now than they were before the 2008 market crash. /poll/233699/young-americans-wary-investing-stocks.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/233699/young-americans-wary-investing-stocks.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 04 May 2018 08:00:00 GMT Stocks Still Trail Real Estate as Preferred Investment Americans' views of the best long-term investment are in a holding pattern, with real estate ranking first, stocks second and gold a distant third. /poll/233294/stocks-trail-real-estate-preferred-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/233294/stocks-trail-real-estate-preferred-investment.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 26 Apr 2018 08:00:00 GMT Room for Improvement in Investor Confidence About Retirement A third of U.S. investors, unchanged from a year ago, feel highly confident they will have enough money to maintain the lifestyle they want in retirement. /poll/231905/room-improvement-investor-confidence-retirement.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/231905/room-improvement-investor-confidence-retirement.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:30:00 GMT U.S. Investor Optimism Stable and Strong U.S. investor optimism is strong and stable, with investors showing confidence in their personal finances and optimism about the national economy. /poll/231776/investor-optimism-stable-strong.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/231776/investor-optimism-stable-strong.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:30:00 GMT Social Impact Funds Still an Unknown to Most U.S. Investors Most U.S. investors know little, if anything, about the concept of "social impact investing," but a third are at least somewhat interested in investing in these funds. /poll/225140/social-impact-funds-unknown-investors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/225140/social-impact-funds-unknown-investors.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:00:00 GMT U.S. Investor Optimism Still Riding High U.S. investors have remained optimistic in the fourth quarter, with the Wells Fargo/Â鶹´«Ã½AV Investor and Retirement Optimism Index now the highest seen since 2000. /poll/223508/investor-optimism-riding-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/223508/investor-optimism-riding-high.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:00:00 GMT Â鶹´«Ã½AV Vault: No Clear Reason Seen for 1987 Stock Market Crash After the worst one-day decline in U.S. history -- "Black Monday" in October 1987 -- Americans were unclear on why the stock market had unraveled. /vault/220706/gallup-vault-no-clear-reason-seen-1987-stock-market-crash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /vault/220706/gallup-vault-no-clear-reason-seen-1987-stock-market-crash.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:45:00 GMT U.S. Stock Ownership Down Among All but Older, Higher-Income Stock ownership has declined among most key subgroups in the U.S. since the financial crisis, except for older and upper-income Americans. /poll/211052/stock-ownership-down-among-older-higher-income.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/211052/stock-ownership-down-among-older-higher-income.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 24 May 2017 17:00:00 GMT