By Donna Divenuto-Ball In June, we asked readers to tell us what’s keeping them from investing more… or investing at all.
As illustrated in this week’s chart, almost 28% feel like they’re investing what they can. But a whopping 43% either don’t know where to start investing… or won’t invest for fear of losing money.
The remaining 30% or so had other reasons, including not having enough money, being in debt and not understanding the markets.
A 2015 Bankrate Money Pulse survey found that 73% of the more than 1,000 Americans polled didn’t own stocks at all, primarily because they didn’t know enough about the markets… …read more