National Distribution of Investment Risk
Tolerance
Responses
| Which of the statements on this page comes
closest to the amount of financial risk that you are willing to take when you save or make investments? |
|
| Substantial financial risks expecting to earn substantial
returns. |
4.5% |
| Above-average financial risks expecting to earn above-average
returns. |
18.2% |
| Average financial risks expecting to earn average returns. | 37.4% |
| No financial risks. | 39.8% |
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Subjective Risk Tolerance Questions
Weighted results from 2001 Survey of Consumer
Finances.
Calculated by Rui Yao and Sherman D. Hanna
Yao,
R. & Hanna, S. D. (2003). Has financial risk tolerance changed
since
1983? Paper
presented at the 2003 meeting of the American Council on Consumer
Interests, April, 2003.