Posted on 07/02/2002 10:09:21 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:05 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As story after story breaks about scandal plagued corporations and questionable investor practices, many Americans say they are less confident about investing on Wall Street.
Fifty-eight percent in the latest FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll say they are "much less" confident (27 percent) or "somewhat less" confident (31 percent) about investing their money on Wall Street given the barrage of stories about alleged misconduct by corporate America. The national poll was taken during a week that saw the multi-billion dollar Worldcom scandal revealed and congressional investigators began reviewing documents concerning Martha Stewart's sale of ImClone. Thirty-eight percent of respondents say the stories have had no impact on their investing habits.
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