Wall Street's Wild Week: Investors Live With It
Two-Thirds Worried About Their Own Finances
Those not invested in the market are 11 points more likely than investors to call it a risky place to put their money; 86 percent say so. That drops to its lowest among individual stock owners, but among them still 69 percent see the market as risky -- even while they're directly in it.
WORRIES – Worries over the economy, personal finances and the stock market have risen in the last few weeks. Sharpest has been the rise in those very worried about the stock market, up 15 points to 48 percent. High-level worry about the economy overall is up 8 points, to 48 percent; as noted, fewer, 23 percent, are very worried about their own family's finances, and that's essentially unchanged.
Those who have checked their investment portfolio are more worried about the economy, the stock market and to a lesser degree their own finances. What's not clear is whether they're worried because they checked -- or they checked because they're worried.
METHODOLOGY:This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone Oct. 10-11, 2008, among a random sample of 517 adults. Results have a 4.5-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS of Horsham, Pa.
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