Spectrem Investment Preferences finds the affluent returning to investing, after a month of disengagement, brought on by the dramatic global stock market correction begun in late February 2007.
Affluent individuals are more concerned about ensuring a comfortable standard of living during retirement than they are about a number of other financial issues, including maintaining their current standard of living.
Weary perhaps of the ups and downs of the financial markets, the wealthiest Americans are showing more interest in investments that deliver no surprises.