of the Finimize community continue to invest – 41% plan to maintain their current investment levels, 36% plan to reduce it, and 13% plan to expand it.
are worried about the impact of current market conditions on their investments.
plan to invest in index funds, and 32% continue to show confidence in digital currencies (crypto).
More than half, or 53%, of the community plan to invest the same (41%) or more (12%) than they have been. And confidence appears to grow with experience: 55% of Finimize community members with ten or more years of investing experience say they plan to invest the same amount or more. Overall, 36% of respondents say they’ll invest less, thanks to inflation.
I’ll invest the same as usual
I’ll invest less as usual
I’ll invest more than as usual
I won’t be able to invest
Beyond the headlines, retail investors are starting to see rising prices impact their daily lives. It’s no surprise then that 53% of the respondents say they’re worried about the current market conditions and a recession's impact on their investments. However, they are nonetheless displaying a more long-term mindset and approach – recognizing recession as part of the market’s usual cycles.
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Asked where they plan to invest, 58% of respondents said they’re looking to index funds, up from 36% just three months ago. 43% said they’re looking to tech stocks, and 32% plan to invest in digital assets (crypto).
Long-term belief in crypto is more popular with newer investors. People with three or four years of investing experience are twice as likely to invest in crypto (40%), compared to those with ten or more years of investing (19%). The inverse is true for bonds: investors with ten-plus years of experience are more than twice as likely to invest in bonds than those with less than two years of experience investing.
Index Funds
Tech Stocks
Crypto
Cash
Commodities
Bonds
Gold
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