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. That’s tied with 2013 for the lowest level of stock investment in the nearly 20 years since Gallup has been asking about stock ownership.
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