Stock Market Participation Has Dropped Most Among Small Investors

by Gary Kopycinski on September 8, 2014

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ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. The share of U.S. families who own stocks has dropped from about 30 percent in 2001 to under 18 percent in 2011, according to a new University of Michigan analysis that adds detail to a recently released Federal Reserve Board report on consumer finances.