Friday, July 20, 2007

Number in U.S. who see stocks rise hits 5-yr high: survey

(Reuters) - Consumers in July thought that there was a 64 percent chance that a diversified stock fund would increase in value, up from 54 percent a year ago and a low of 41 percent in early 2003, according to the Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.




Consumers were more likely to expect gains in stock prices than at any time since 2002, with the early July reading setting a five-year peak. The meltdown from the 1990s craze in Internet stocks hit bottom in October 2002.


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