Investor Confidence in Publicly Traded Companies Remains High

The investing public's confidence in U.S. capital markets dropped as well, but stands at 61% (down from 68 percent in 2010).

The CAQ has conducted this yearly survey of U.S. investors since 2007.

The survey's other findings include:

Confidence in capital markets outside the United States remains low; only 43% of investors have confidence in markets outside our borders. For the first time in the survey's history, as many investors say they are not confident in foreign markets (42%) as say they are (43%). Investors' main reasons for low confidence in non-U.S. markets include sovereign debt problems and economic troubles worldwide.
Confidence in audited financial information remained steady, declining one percentage point from 2010 (70% to 69%).
Public company auditors, along with financial advisors and brokers and audit committees of publicly-traded companies, top the list of entities investors believe are looking out for investors' interests.
The two financial concerns that keep investors up at night are not having enough money for retirement and not being able to afford health care if they or a family member are seriously ill or injured.

For more information, visit the survey summary and survey links.