Not Bailing Out Yet

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Amid failure in Congress to enact a bailout plan for the financial sector, have Americans been bailing out of their stock-market holdings? So far, mostly not — though a significant number of them are thinking about it. At least, that’s what Gallup found in polling conducted in the days immediately preceding the Dow’s 778-point plunge on Monday.

Thirty-eight percent of the respondents said they personally (or jointly with a spouse) have money invested in the stock market now, whether in individual stocks, mutual funds or a self-directed 401(k) or IRA.

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