Markets have gone from high returns with low risk to lower returns with greater risks. But the 2023 Natixis Global Survey of Individual Investors finds that 68 percent of the 8,550 people in 23 countries surveyed share a positive outlook on the state of their finances today, as 30 percent say they’re confident, 24 percent say prepared, and another 15 percent feel fortunate.
The economic landscape has gone from low inflation, low rates, and low dispersion to higher inflation, higher rates, and higher dispersions. That being said, only one-third of those surveyed have a negative outlook on their finances: only 22 percent find themselves stressed, 7 percent say they’re depressed, and 3 percent feel like they’ve failed.
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