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"At first I thought there was no way this would fly," says analyst Paul Miller at FBR Capital Markets. "But I talk to a number of bank executives, and they like it."
Despite the volatility in the stock market and a weak economy, investor confidence in the capital markets has stabilized, according to a new survey. However, investors are split over when they think the recession is ending.
The report, released on Wednesday by the Center for Audit Quality in Washington, is based on a late-summer survey of 1,000 individual investors who had at least $10,000 invested in the market. A majority of investors - 73% of those surveyed - have either some, quite a bit, or...
The 26% who expressed little or no confidence named the recession, concerns about too much government spending or interference, weak government oversight of the capital markets, the volatility in the U.S. stock market, bank failures, corporate greed, job losses, and the home foreclosure crisis as their top concerns.
Geoffrey VanderPal, a certified financial planner and chief investment officer at Skyline Capital Management in Austin, says he isn't surprised by the survey's results. "Most of my clients are cautiously optimistic," he said, although most are expecting a double-dip in the economy before the real rebound comes...