Concerns about the Economic Environment decreased slightly, while Stock Market Conditions continued to rise (14 points, since April  2007).

Intriguing this month was the drop in Retirement (since Jan-08) as a factor that affects investment plans, as the affluent focused on more near-term concerns such as the recent rising stock market, and continued negative media coverage of an anemic American GDP in Q1 of 2008, and the continued unraveling of the mortgage market, as well as it’s major corporate players.

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