Scared Away From Stocks?

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Has Wall Street’s woeful performance put a scare into Americans that will keep them out of stocks for the long term? An Economist/YouGov poll (conducted in the first week of October) includes one bit of evidence to suggest this isn’t the case. When asked whether they think the market will be higher or lower a year from now, 36 percent of respondents answered “higher,” easily outnumbering the 23 percent who said “lower.” Twenty percent said they think it’ll be “about the same,” and 21 percent weren’t sure.

Men were more likely than women to say the market will be higher a year hence (42 percent vs.

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