In Striking Shift, Small Investors Flee Stock Market

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Description:  Renewed economic uncertainty is testing Americans’ generation-long love affair with the stock market.

Source: NYTimes.com
 
Date: 08/21/2010

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/business/22invest.html?ref=business

Questions for discussion:

  • Do you think the small investor’s attitude toward the stock market will continue to become more negative?
  • What has caused this change in attitude?
  • What could cause a reversal?
  • Why is the small investor’s attitude important to understand?

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