While one third (35%) of Americans say it’s a good time for them to invest in financial markets, one quarter (23%) (almost 53 million US adults) have nothing saved to cover any unexpected costs or needs according to a survey by Maru/Blue Public Opinion Research North America

NEW YORK, Aug. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A survey published today by Maru/Blue Public Opinion Research North America contrasts Americans with and without money as the pandemic continues to surge across the country: while one third (35%) of Americans say they will invest in the financial markets because now is a good time to do so, almost half (46%) will not have enough personal/family investments and savings for the future. 

And in a tumultuous economy nowadays, the bottom line of the research findings is stark: while some may have money to play the market with, one quarter (23%) of Americans (almost 53 million US adults) have nothing saved to cover any unexpected costs or needs.

Key Findings:

One third (35%) of Americans say they will invest in the financial markets because now is a good time to do so.

Half (48%) of Americans will be worried about their personal/family day-to-day finances over the next two months.

Six in 10 (61%) have more than two months of savings to cover any unexpected costs or needs. Alternatively, four in 10 (39%) say they don’t have savings to do so.

• Bottom line: one quarter (23%) of Americans (almost 53 million US adults) have nothing saved to cover any unexpected costs or needs:

Half (53%) of Americans will put away money for their retirement/old age security over the next 60 days.

Over the next 60 days, a majority (54%) of Americans will have enough personal/family investments and savings for the future…

• Alternatively, a significant minority (46%) will not have enough personal/family investments and savings for the future.

The entire study can be found here: https://www.marublue.com/american-polls/contrasting-consumer-investment-and-finance-outlooks

These are some of the findings of a Maru/Blue Public Opinion Poll conducted among 1,511 randomly selected American adults who are members of Maru/Blue's Maru Springboard America online panel on July 23, 2020 and is considered nationally accurate to within +/- 3.5 percentage points using a Bayesian Credibility Interval. Detailed information about Maru/Blue Public Opinion can be found at www.marublue.com/public-opinion.The Maru/Blue Public Opinion channel does not do any work for any political party. Detailed information about Maru/Blue can be found at www.marublue.com.

For more information contact:

John Wright
Executive Vice President
Maru/Blue Public Opinion North America
102 Madison Avenue New York, NY, 10016, US
D: 1-917-594-5555 (NYC)
John.wright@Marublue.com

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