June 2011: Savings
June 2011 Financial Security Index
Q:
How about you feel about the amount of money you have saved compared to 12 months ago?
Mark Cortazzo
“The increases in food and energy costs have impacted lower-income earners to a much greater degree.”
For people who make under $30,000, 50 percent were less comfortable with their level of savings. (The cost of) food and energy, as a percentage of income, is much higher in that demographic. But the majority (of respondents) were more comfortable or about the same. That is encouraging. For the most part, it’s almost irrelevant what your income is. People tend to live to that standard. Saving is a discipline.
– Mark Cortazzo, founder, Flat Fee Portfolios, Parsippany, N.J.
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