BURSTA majority of surveyed investors are expecting volatility in the stock market to persist through 2025, according to a new survey that was released on Tuesday.
The new Gallup poll found that nearly 3 in 4 surveyed investors, 73 percent, think there will be more stock market turbulence ahead in 2025. Nearly 6 in 10 investors, 58 percent, said the “worst” market volatility is bound to take place still this year, while 41 percent said the “worst” is behind them.
When split by party, investors disagreed. Eighty-eight percent of surveyed Democrats think that “the worst is ahead of us,” while 75 percent of Republicans said the “worst is behind us.” Some 60 percent of independents stated that the worst is still ahead, according to the survey.
Around 60 percent of surveyed U.S. investors were at least “somewhat concerned” about the recent volatility in the stock market, with 28 percent of them saying they are “very concerned.”
Nearly 7 in 10 surveyed investors, 69 percent, are now confident about investing in the stock market as a pathway to accumulating wealth for retirement, including 23 percent of them who feel “very confident.”
Around 31 percent of investors said the volatility in the market has caused them to look over their investment accounts more often. Still, 61 percent of surveyed investors said the volatility has not affected how frequently they review their accounts, according to the poll.
Investors who identify as Democrats are more likely to say they have increased the monitoring of their accounts, 43 percent, compared with GOP investors, 19 percent. Democrats are more likely to have sought professional advice, 25 percent, compared with Republicans, 18 percent.
GOP investors are more likely to report that they have bought stocks, at 45 percent, compared with Democrats at 28 percent.
The survey was conducted from June 2 to 15 among 1,094 U.S. investors. The margin of error was 4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.