Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for February 28, 2023
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February 28, 2023: Sixty-nine percent (69%) of those with more than $100,000 in total investments say that they prefer safer investments with a lower return over riskier investments with the potential for a higher return. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 27% say the opposite.
The survey also found that two-thirds (66%) of that group owns stock in technology companies. Half (49%) own stock in oil and gas companies, 45% in banks and financial institutions, 39% in retail companies, 34% in transportation, and 30% in social media.
Methodology
The survey of 421 Registered Voters who have more than $100,000 in total investments was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on February 16-17, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of Registered Voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 4.8 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Survey Questions
Generally speaking, do you prefer safer investments that offer a lower return, or riskier investments that might provide a higher return?
- 69%-Safer investments with a lower return
- 27%-Riskier investments with a higher return
- 4%-Not sure
Do you own stocks of companies in any of the following industries?
Retail sales
- 39%-Yes
- 61%-No
Transportation
- 34%-Yes
- 66%-No
Banks and finance
- 45%-Yes
- 55%-No
Technology
- 66%-Yes
- 34%-No
Oil and gas
- 49%-Yes
- 51%-No
Social media
- 30%-Yes
- 70%-No
None of the above
- 33%-Yes
- 67%-No
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