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Title: Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings
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Marketwatch
URL Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mo ... ngs-2015-10-06?link=MW_popular
Published: Oct 7, 2015
Author: Quentin Fottrell
Post Date: 2015-10-07 16:47:24 by Willie Green
Keywords: None
Views: 1657
Comments: 20
Americans are living right on the edge — at least when it comes to financial planning. Approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account, according to a new survey of more than 5,000 adults conducted this month by Google Consumer Survey for personal finance website GOBankingRates.com. “It’s worrisome that such a large percentage of Americans have so little set aside in a savings account,” says Cameron Huddleston, a personal finance analyst for the site. “They likely don’t have cash reserves to cover an emergency and will have to rely on credit, friends and family, or even their retirement accounts to cover unexpected expenses.” This is supported by a similar survey of 1,000 adults carried out earlier this year by personal finance site Bankrate.com, which also found that 62% of Americans have no emergency savings for things such as a $1,000 emergency room visit or a $500 car repair. Faced with an emergency, they say they would raise the money by reducing spending elsewhere (26%), borrowing from family and/or friends (16%) or using credit cards (12%). And among those who had savings prior to 2008, 57% said they’d used some or all of their savings in the Great Recession, according to a U.S. Federal Reserve survey of over 4,000 adults released last year. Of course, paltry savings-account rates don’t encourage people to save either. Read: Most Americans say their children will be worse off In the latest survey, 29% said they have savings above $1,000 and, of those who do have money in their savings account, the most common balance is $10,000 or more (14%), followed by 5% of adults surveyed who have saved between $5,000 and just shy of $10,000; 10% say they have saved $1,000 to just shy of $5,000. Just 9% of people say they keep only enough money in their savings accounts to meet the minimum balance requirements and avoid fees. But minimum balance requirements can vary widely and be hard to meet for some consumers. They can vary anywhere between $300 a month and $1,500 a month at some major banks. Some age groups are less likely to have savings than others. Some 31% of Generation X — who are roughly aged 35 to 54 for the purpose of this survey — while being older and presumably more experienced with money than their younger cohorts, actually report a savings account balance of zero, which is the highest percentage of all age groups. Around 29% of millennials — aged 18 to 34 — and 28% of baby boomers — aged 55 to 64 — said they have no money in their savings account. Baby boomers (17%) and seniors aged 65 and up (20%) have the most money saved of any age group while less than 10% of millennials and approximately 16% of Generation X have $10,000 or more saved. Poster Comment: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.And over 20% don’t even have a savings account
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#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
Probably because they have new cars, multiple phones, super big TV, cable, internet, eat out everyday, buy shit just cause everyone else[keep up with jones]. It seems everywhere I go people have brand new everything but have no money to spend on emergency or necessities. Its hard for me to feel sorry for poor financial management. Just because everyone else has one don't mean you have to have one too! I have pulled up to rent houses where the car was worth more than the house and the wheels were more expensive than all the furniture in the house which is being rented from rentacenter. People are poor because they are stupid. Yes there are some that have had a life changing problem. Usually medical but can be divorce.
People are poor because very intelligent people evilly fleece them.
#6. To: Vicomte13 (#3)
People are poor because very intelligent people evilly fleece them. It would be nice to say yes the rich screws the little guy. Yes it does happen but the biggest issue is government that is controlled by the rich who get to screw the little guy. Im sure you think well thats what I just said but what allows the rich to screw the little guy is big government. If progressives and stupid people would stop voting for more government then the rich would have less power over the people. Im not opposed taxing the rich but all they are going to do is make a loophole and then you are back to where we were before except now we have more government and the rich are still rich and now even more powerful then they were to begin with. Its the chicken or the egg theory. I say its big overbear government. Look what happen when they tried to soak the rich with an "income tax"! Well hell now everyone is taxed and government ballooned into an uncontrollably beast controlled by the rich and power. We still have poor people. I would say 80% of the people got that way because they are stupid and lazy. When I hear how government is going to solve something I just shake my head going its about to get much worse and its going cost me more money and more rights. You can guaranty that the sun will rise east, taxes must be paid, rich will always get away with it and there will always be at least 10% poor because they can't help themselves.
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#3. To: Justified (#2)
People are poor because they are stupid.
Replies to Comment # 3. People are poor because they are stupid.
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