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AP-GfK Poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media. Aug. 11-16, 2010. N=1,007 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.5.
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"Would you say that now is a good or bad time to invest in the stock market?"
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		Good time	Bad time	Unsure
		%	%	%
	8/11-16/10	36	61	4
	6/9-14/10	38	58	4
	5/7-11/10	40	55	5
	4/7-12/10	48	49	3
	3/3-8/10	45	49	6
	1/12-17/10	47	49	4
	12/10-14/09	41	52	8
	11/5-9/09	42	53	6
	10/1-5/09	42	52	6
	9/3-8/09	41	52	6
	7/16-20/09	37	57	6
	5/28 - 6/1/09	43	52	5
	4/16-20/09	41	53	5
	12/3-8/08	33	58	9
	11/6-10/08	39	51	10
	10/16-20/08	38	58	4
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"And would you say that now is a good or bad time to invest in real estate?"
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		Good time	Bad time	Unsure
		%	%	%
	8/11-16/10	60	38	2
	6/9-14/10	69	30	2
	5/7-11/10	69	29	2
	4/7-12/10	65	34	1
	3/3-8/10	66	32	2
	1/12-17/10	66	32	2
	12/10-14/09	65	32	3
	11/5-9/09	66	31	3
	10/1-5/09	69	29	2
	9/3-8/09	70	28	2
	7/16-20/09	65	32	3
	5/28 - 6/1/09	74	25	2
	4/16-20/09	64	32	4
	12/3-8/08	56	37	7
	11/6-10/08	55	38	6
	10/16-20/08	53	43	4

CBS News Poll. May 20-24, 2010. N=1,054 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think the stock market is fair to all investors, giving everyone an equal chance to make money, or do you think the stock market unfairly benefits rich investors at the expense of average Americans?"
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		Fair to all	Unfairly benefits rich	Unsure	.
		%	%	%	.
	5/20-24/10	23	64	13	.

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Bill McInturff (R). May 6-10, 2010. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1.
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"Which of these statements comes closer to your point of view? Statement A: The stock market is a fair and open way to invest one's money, and there are rules that make it fair and equal for all. Statement B: Because of corporate corruption and broker practices, the stock market is no longer a fair and open way to invest one's money."
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		Fair and open	No longer fair and open	Unsure	.
		%	%	%	.
	5/6-10/10	35	58	7	.
	7/19-21/02	40	49	11	.

USA Today/Gallup Poll. Dec. 11-13, 2009. N=1,025 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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"If you had a thousand dollars to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market would be a good or bad idea?"
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		Good idea	Bad idea	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	12/11-13/09	43	54	2	1
	4/6-9/08	33	62	3	2
	4/2-5/07	50	46	2	3
	10/6-8/06	54	41	2	2
	4/10-13/06	43	50	4	4
	4/4-7/05	45	51	2	2
	4/5-8/04	47	48	3	2
	1/04	53	43	2	2
	6/03	41	57	1	1
	4/03	34	63	2	1
	7/29-31/02	37	58	3	2
	7/22-24/02	31	63	3	3
	6/21-23/02	45	51	2	2
	4/8-11/02	47	48	3	2
	4/6-8/02	42	53	2	3
	1/10-14/02	42	53	3	2
	12/2-4/00	46	49	2	3
	10/12-14/00	57	36	2	5
	1/7-10/00	67	28	2	3
	10/21-24/99	51	44	2	3
	9/10-14/99	60	33	3	4
	6/4-5/99	60	34	3	3
	3/12-14/99	59	35	3	3
	9/1/98	46	48	3	3
	4/17-19/98	65	28	4	3

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	Stockholders
	1/7-10/00	81	16	2	1
	10/21-24/99	63	35	1	1
	9/10-14/99	69	26	3	2
	6/4-5/99	72	23	3	2
	3/12-14/99	71	25	2	2
	9/1/98	60	34	3	3
	4/17-19/98	82	14	3	1

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	Non-stockholders
	1/7-10/00	45	48	2	5
	10/21-24/99	33	57	4	6
	9/10-14/99	46	44	3	7
	6/4-5/99	43	49	2	6
	3/12-14/99	39	53	4	4
	9/1/98	25	70	1	4
	4/17-19/98	48	43	3	6
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	9/1/98 preface to question: "Turning to the stock market: As you may know, the Dow Jones Industrial average, a key market indicator, fell by 513 points yesterday and gained 288 points today."
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"Thinking ahead to a year from now, do you think the stock market will be much higher, somewhat higher, about the same, somewhat lower, or much lower than it is today?" Options rotated
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		Much higher	Somewhat higher	About the same	Somewhat lower	Much lower	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%	%
	12/11-13/09	7	45	32	10	4	3
	7/29-31/02	11	47	28	7	3	4
	7/26-28/02	7	45	26	13	4	5
	6/28-30/02	5	29	38	19	6	3
	4/6-8/01	10	44	29	9	4	4
	1/10-14/01	5	29	34	19	6	7

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Sept. 11-13, 2009. N=1,012 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Thinking about a year from now, do you think the stock market will be much higher, somewhat higher, about the same, somewhat lower, or much lower than it is today?"
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		Much higher	Somewhat higher	About the same	Somewhat lower	Much lower
		%	%	%	%	%
	9/11-13/09	6	43	30	13	5

Gallup Poll. March 4, 2009. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Just your best guess, how long do you think it will be before the stock market shows a sustained recovery?" Open-ended
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				%
	By the end of this year/In 2009			18
	In one year/By the end of next year/In 2010			25
	Two to three years			27
	Four to five years			13
	Longer than five years			6
	Will never recover			2
	Unsure			9
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"Do you think stocks remain a good long-term investment, or not?"
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		Do	Do not	Unsure
		%	%	%
	3/4/09	53	41	6
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"What are you planning to do with your current investments in the stock market over the next month or so: continue to buy stocks, hold onto the stocks you own but not buy any more, or sell stocks and take money out of the stock market?" Options rotated. N=614 stockowners, MoE ą 4.
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		Continue to buy	Hold stocks/ Not buy more	Sell stocks/ Take money out of market	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	3/4/09	21	73	4	2

CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Dec. 19-21, 2008. N=1,013 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"If someone gave you a thousand dollars in cash and told you that you could not use it to pay off any debts or buy anything, which of the following would you be most likely to do with that money: deposit that cash in a bank account which is insured by the federal government; invest that cash in stocks, bonds or other investments which might earn more money than a bank but are not insured by the government; or keep that cash in your home or somewhere else where it would be under your direct control?"
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		Deposit in a bank	Invest	Keep at home	Other (vol.)
		%	%	%	%
	12/19-21/08	45	24	29	2

Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll. May 1-8, 2008. N=2,208 adults nationwide, including 1,657 investors (respondents who have stocks, bonds, or mutual funds). MoE ą 3.
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"In your opinion, do you think that 2008 will be an above average, average, or below average year for the U.S. stock market?"
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		Above average	Average	Below average	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	8	28	50	14
	Investors	7	32	53	8
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"Regardless of whether you own stock, in your opinion, do you think now is a good or a bad time to buy stock, or is it neither a good nor a bad time to buy stock?"
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		Good	Bad	Neither	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	29	34	24	13
	Investors	35	26	30	9
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"As you may know, over the last ten years, the stock market has risen an average of almost seven percent annually. Thinking ahead to the next ten years, do you expect the annual return of the stock market will be higher, lower, or about the same as it was over the last ten years?"
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		Higher	Same	Lower	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	24	38	24	14
	Investors	23	44	25	8
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"How about the bond market? Do you think that current interest rates on bonds make them a good investment or a bad investment over the next year compared with what could be earned in stocks and other investments?"
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		Good	Bad	Same (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	27	26	6	41
	Investors	30	32	7	31
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"From what you know, over the next twelve months, which area of the world offers the best investment climate: the United States, or Asia, or Europe, or the emerging markets, such as Brazil and Thailand?"
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		U.S.	Asia	Europe	Emerging markets	Other (vol.)/ Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	28	29	11	10	22
	Investors	27	32	10	14	17
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"When thinking about investing, do you prefer aggressive growth investments that have a higher potential return with more risk, or do you prefer income producing investments that preserve capital with less risk?"
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		Aggressive	Less Risk	Both (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	ALL adults	15	60	7	18
	Investors	17	62	10	11

Associated Press-AOL News Poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Dec. 12-14, 2006. N=1,000 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think now is a good time or bad time to invest in the stock market?"
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		Good Time	Bad Time	Unsure
		%	%	%
	12/12-14/06	47	42	11

Pew Research Center survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Jan. 4-8, 2006. N=1,503 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think now is a very good, good, bad, or very bad time to invest in the stock market?"
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		Very good	Good	Bad	Very bad	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	1/4-8/06	5	41	27	7	20
	5/05	3	42	32	8	15

CBS News/New York Times Poll. June 10-15, 2005. N=1,111 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How confident are you in your ability to make good investment decisions in the stock market: very confident, somewhat confident, not very confident, or not at all confident?"
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		Very confident	Somewhat confident	Not very confident	Not at all confident	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	ALL	13	34	26	24	3
	Republicans	24	42	15	18	1
	Democrats	8	31	32	28	1
	Independents	10	31	30	27	2
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"Do you think of investment in the stock market as generally a safe investment or generally a risky investment?"
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		Safe	Risky	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	21	74	5
	Republicans	36	56	8
	Democrats	11	84	5
	Independents	19	78	3
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"Do you personally, or jointly with a spouse, have any money invested in the stock market right now ‑‑ either in individual stock or in a mutual fund -- or don't you?"
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		Do	Do not	Unsure
		%	%	%
	ALL	46	52	2
	Republicans	59	40	1
	Democrats	40	60	0
	Independents	43	55	2

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. March 10-13, 2005. N=1,001 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Overall, do you think the stock market is a safe investment, or a risky one?"
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		Safe	Risky	Unsure
		%	%	%
	3/10-13/05	29	69	3
	7/02	19	80	2
	1/01	35	61	3
	5/00	34	58	8
	6/99	37	52	9

CBS News Poll. Aug. 11-12, 2003. N=798 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4.
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		ALL	Republicans	Democrats	Independents
		%	%	%	%
"How would you rate the overall condition of the stock market these days: excellent, very good, fairly good, fairly bad, or very bad?"
	Excellent	0	0	1	1
	Very good	6	12	3	5
	Fairly good	43	53	31	45
	Fairly bad	28	19	38	27
	Very bad	6	4	10	5
	Don't know	17	12	17	17
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"In the next three months, do you expect the stock market will rise a lot, rise moderately, not change, decline moderately, or decline a lot?"
	Rise a lot	1	1	1	1
	Rise moderately	41	48	32	43
	Not change	32	34	41	24
	Decline moderately	11	3	10	16
	Decline a lot	2	1	3	1
	Don't know	13	13	12	15

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. June 30-July 1, 2003. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"In the next six months, do you plan to put money in the stock market or take money out of the market?"
		Put Money In	Take Money Out	Neither (vol.)	Have No Money in the Market (vol.)	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%	%
	6/30 - 7/1/03	24	6	48	17	5

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). Dec. 7-9, 2002. N=500 adults nationwide.

"Thinking ahead to a year from now, do you think that the value of the stock market will be much higher, somewhat higher, about the same, somewhat lower, or much lower than it is today?"

		Much Higher	Somewhat Higher	Same	Somewhat Lower	Much Lower	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%	%	%
	12/02	2	43	27	12	4	12
	10/02 *	5	44	30	9	4	8
	7/02	8	48	25	11	3	5
	1/01	5	30	35	18	5	7
	12/00	4	25	35	23	4	9
	4/00 *	6	30	35	14	6	9
	3/00 *	8	30	35	11	5	11
	10/99	6	24	39	22	4	5
	4/99	7	26	35	17	7	8
	1/99	5	27	35	16	6	11
	7/98	6	30	32	19	7	6
	12/97	7	31	35	15	4	8
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	* Among registered voters

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). July 19-21, 2002. N=1,014 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1 (total sample).
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"When it comes to financial information that major stock brokerage firms and corporations provide to the public, do you or do you not have confidence that the information is straightforward and an honest analysis?"
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		7/02	6/02
		%	%
	Do have confidence	23	29
	Do not have confidence	70	57
	Not sure	7	14
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"When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that President Bush is more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" "When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that the Republicans in Congress are more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" Half sample (Form A) "When it comes to the problems in the financial markets, do you think that the Democrats in Congress are more concerned about the interests of average Americans or more concerned about the interests of large corporations?" Half sample (Form B)
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		President Bush	Republicans in Congress	Democrats in Congress
		%	%	%
	Average Americans	36	28	47
	Large corporations	49	55	29
	Both equally (vol.)	10	8	10
	Not sure	5	9	14

*ABC News/Washington* Post Poll**. July 11-15, 2002. N=1,512 adults nationwide. MoE ą 2.5.
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"In deciding your vote for the U.S. House, how much of a factor will regulating Wall Street and the stock market be: very important, somewhat important, not so important or not important at all?"
		Very	Somewhat	Not so	Not at all	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	7/02	44	37	9	7	2
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"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling regulating Wall Street and the stock market?"
		Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
		%	%	%
	7/02	50	36	14
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"Which political party, the Democrats or the Republicans, do you trust to do a better job regulating Wall Street and the stock market?"
		%
	Democrats	43
	Republicans	39
	Both (vol.)	5
	Neither (vol.)	7
	Unsure	6
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"How much do rises and falls in stock market prices affect you personally: a great deal, somewhat, not much or not at all?"
		A great deal	Somewhat	Not much	Not at all	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	7/02	17	36	26	21	-
	9/86	6	20	28	44	3
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"Do you think there should be more government regulation of the stock market, less regulation, or should government regulation of the stock market stay as it is?"
		More	Less	Same	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	7/02	35	6	54	5
	10/97	14	16	65	5

CBS News Poll. July 8-9, 2002. N=685 adults nationwide. MoE ą 4 (total sample).
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		ALL	Repub- licans	Demo- crats	Indepen- dents
		%	%	%	%
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"How would you rate the overall condition of the stock market these days: excellent, very good, fairly good, fairly bad, or very bad?"
	Excellent	0	0	0	1
	Very good	5	6	5	5
	Fairly good	42	46	40	41
	Fairly bad	34	32	34	36
	Very bad	11	9	12	13
	Don't know	8	7	9	4
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"In the next year or so, do you think the stock market will go up or go down?"
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	Up	60	64	59	58
	Down	26	19	29	29
	Don't know	14	17	12	13
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"Do you think insider trading in the stock market by investment professionals -- that is, trading on information not known by the general public -- is isolated to just a few people, or do you think insider trading is widespread among investment professionals?"
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	Isolated	23	29	20	20
	Widespread	68	57	72	71
	Varies (vol.)	1	1	0	1
	Don't know	8	13	8	8

*CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll*. June 28-30, 2002. N=1,019 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do the recent scandals involving large corporations make you less likely to invest in the stock market, or not?"
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		%
	Less likely	58
	Not less likely	39
	No opinion	3

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). June 8-10, 2002. N=1,008 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1.
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"When it comes to financial information that major stock brokerage firms and corporations provide to the public, do you or do you not have confidence that the information is straightforward and an honest analysis?"
			%
	Have confidence		29
	Do not have confidence		57
	Unsure		14
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Asked of respondents who say they have at least $5,000 invested in mutual funds or stocks: "In your opinion, is today a good time to buy stock, a good time to sell stock, or a good time to hold on to your stock?"
		Buy	Sell	Hold	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	6/02	29	4	56	11
	4/01	33	2	59	6
	3/01	27	4	62	7
	9/98	24	8	56	12

CBS News Poll. Aug. 28-31, 2001. N=850 adults nationwide (MoE ą 3), including 491 stock market investors.
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		ALL	Stock- holders
		%	%
"How would you rate the overall condition of the stock market these days: excellent, very good, fairly good, fairly bad, or very bad?"
	Excellent	1	1
	Very good	5	4
	Fairly good	37	39
	Fairly bad	31	35
	Very bad	12	15
	Don't know	14	6
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"In the next year or so, do you think the stock market will go up or go down?"
	Up	49	54
	Down	34	33
	Don't know	17	13
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"Do you think of investment in the stock market as generally a safe investment or generally a risky investment?"
	Safe	18	25
	Risky	77	70
	Don't know	5	5
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"Have you changed your approach to your investments as a result of what's happened in the stock market in the past year, or not?"
	Have changed		40
	Have not		59
	Don't know		1

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 14, 2001. N=661 adults nationwide (MoE ą 4), including 463 stockholders (MoE ą 5).
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		ALL	Stock- holders
		%	%
"As you may know, the Dow Jones Industrial Average of stocks lost more than 300 points and fell below the 10,000 mark today. Did the fall in the stock market affect your family’s financial position in a major way, a minor way, or not at all?"
	Major way	7	9
	Minor way	35	49
	Not at all	54	39
	No opinion	4	3
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"How concerned are you personally about the direction the stock market takes in the next year: very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned, or not concerned at all?"
	Very concerned	19	22
	Somewhat concerned	40	45
	Not too concerned	20	21
	Not concerned at all	20	12
	No opinion	1	-
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"Next, please tell me whether the recent changes in the stock market have, or have not . . . ? "
		Have	Have Not	Doesn't Apply (vol.)	Not Sure
		%	%	%	%
	"Made you feel less confident about the nation’s economy"
	ALL	51	46	1	2
	Stockholders	54	45	-	1
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	"Made you feel less confident about your own personal financial situation"
	ALL	29	69	1	1
	Stockholders	32	67	-	1
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	"Made you seriously consider canceling or postponing a big purchase, vacation or other expenditure"
	ALL	21	77	2	-
	Stockholders	24	75	1	-
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	"Made you less likely to invest in the stock market"
	ALL	40	56	3	1
	Stockholders	42	55	2	1
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	"Made you less confident that you will be able to live comfortably when you retire"
	ALL	33	58	7	2
	Stockholders	33	60	6	1
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	"Made you less confident about your job situation"
	Employed (N=405)	21	78	1	-
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		ALL	Stock- holders
		%	%
"What do you think will happen to the stock market in the next six months: [rotate] the stock market will get better, the stock market will stabilize, or the stock market will get worse?" If "Get worse": "Do you think the stock market will [rotate] get much worse or get a little worse?"
	Get better	29	29
	Stabilize	50	54
	Get a little worse	10	10
	Get much worse	6	4
	No opinion	5	3
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"Looking more broadly at the economy, what do you think will happen in the next six months: [rotate] the economy will get better, the economy will stabilize, or the economy will get worse?" If "Get worse": "Do you think the economy will [rotate] get much worse or get a little worse?"
	Get better	23	19
	Stabilize	49	53
	Get a little worse	18	20
	Get much worse	7	6
	No opinion	3	2
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"As you may know, people who think the market will rise are usually described as bulls and people who think the market will drop are usually described as bears. Would you currently describe yourself [rotate] more as a bull or more as a bear?"
	Bull	52	59
	Bear	38	35
	No opinion	10	6
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"Does today’s drop in the stock market [rotate] make you more likely to support a tax cut, make no difference in your support for a tax cut, or make you less likely to support a tax cut?"
	More likely	39	44
	No difference	42	38
	Less likely	16	15
	No opinion	3	3

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. April 7-9, 2000. N=1,006 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"In your opinion, is the recent volatility in the stock market, including the drop in the Dow Jones average, [rotate] the normal type of fluctuation to be expected, and not a sign of a long-term change in the direction of the market; or is it a sign of a significant and long-term downturn in the market?"
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		4/00	3/00
		%	%
	Normal fluctuation	62	62
	Long-term downturn	18	20
	Neither/Other (vol.)	4	3
	No opinion	16	15

*CNN/Time* Poll** conducted by Yankelovich Partners. March 8-9, 2000. N=1,559 adults nationwide. MoE ą 2.5.
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"If you had a thousand dollars to spend, do you think investing it in the stock market would be a good idea or a bad idea?"
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		Good Idea	Bad Idea	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	3/00	55	36	4	5
	5/99	51	41	3	5
	4/98	57	34	5	4
	10/97	46	47	3	4
	3/94	38	48	9	7
	2/90	26	68	2	4

CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. March 12-14, 1999. N=1,025 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Thinking about the U.S. stock market, do you think stock prices will go higher or lower in the next six months?"
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		Higher	Lower	Stay the Same (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	3/12-14/99	61	29	3	7
	8/21-23/98	45	38	5	12
	4/17-19/98	66	23	3	8	.
	11/6-9/97	62	25	4	9

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