American Stock Ownership Slides Back to Record Low

It’s been a volatile year for equities, but while the major indexes are close to record highs, the percentage of Americans invested in the stock market is at a record low. Just 52 percent of Americans have any money in the stock market, according to a new Gallup poll. Stock ownership had ticked back up in 2014 and 2015 after falling every year from a 2007 high, when nearly two-thirds of Americans invested in the stock market.