ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyShow.com, the largest multimedia investment education destination for investors, traders, and financial advisors, announced today the results of its MoneyShow.com Investors' survey at The World MoneyShow in Orlando, Florida. Results reveal 58% of investors predict the S&P 500 will increase between now and the end of the year. While still positive, investors aren't as bullish as they were last February when the survey revealed that 70% of investors were expecting the S&P 500 to rise for 2011. Additionally, more than 66% of investors believe we are in a volatile market that won't make big moves either way for a while.
Investors, 61%, are predicting modest GDP growth this year (below 3%) and more than 51% predict unemployment will remain at levels between 8% and 9%. The majority of investors, 56%, predict the housing market will bottom after 2012. Large-cap U.S. stocks, and small or mid-cap U.S. stocks are the asset classes 53% investors anticipate performing best for the remainder of the year similar to last year's predictions where 51% of investors predicted those asset classes would perform best. More than half, 51%, of investors believe inflation will increase to between 1% and 3%.
Investors are divided nearly in half when asked who will win the 2012 election with 51% confident in President Obama's re-election while 49% are more convinced the Republican presidential candidate will be more favorable.
The MoneyShow.com Investors' Sentiment Indicator polled 1,956 investors between January 23 and January 30.
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