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Guideposts Readers are Investable Assets for Financial Marketers

Guideposts readers represent a total of $64.6 billion in Investable Assets. They are active in a wide variety of financial instruments – stocks, mutual funds, bonds and retirement savings plans. They also make considerable use of brokerage firms and financial planning counsel.
As baby boomers in the prime of their lives, they are seeking ways to make the most of their retirement plans so they can live their lives to the fullest.

Base: Adults, Women who... % Comp. Index
Own Any Securities 20.9 183
      Own Any Securities Valued at $10K+ 13.4 191
Own Any Stock 6.7 178
Own Mutual Funds (Stocks) 6.5 161
Own Any Mutual Funds (Bonds) 12.4 154
Own Money Market Funds 5.7 192
Own Any U.S. Savings Bonds 6.8 183
Own Any Other Market Instrument (Not Stocks) 19.5 186
      Own Any Non-Stock Market Instrument Valued at $25K+ 9.3 189
      Own Any Non-Stock Market Instrument Valued at $50K+ 5.6 185
Own CDs (6 Months or Less/More Than 6 Months) 8.0 244
Have Any Retirement Savings Plan (IRA/Keogh/401k) 18.0 157
Used Financial Planning or Money Management Counsel Past 12 Months 6.1 168
Used Any Discount/Full-Service/Online Brokerage Firm Past 12 Months 7.0 198
Used a Full Service Brokerage Firm Past 12 Months 5.7 213
Used Discount/Full-Service Brokerage Firm in Past 12 Months 6.3 200
Used PC Banking Past 12 Months 13.6 117
Have Any Mortgage 13.7 139
Own Vacation/Weekend Home, Farm/Retirement/Investment Real Estate or Time Share 12.7 225
Own Any Real Estate (Excluding Timeshare) 10.1 261
Banking Services Personally Have    
      Interest Checking Account 24.9 164
      Non-Interest Checking 22.8 158
      Money Market Account 11.2 198
      Savings Account 29.1 155
Financial Attitudes (Agree)    
      Always Know Broadly How Much is in My Bank Account 67.2 157
      One or Two Financial Institutions That I Always Turn To
      First
59.8 161
      Better to Put Money in Low-Risk, Even if Return Not as
      Great
49.1 165
      Better Having What You Want Now, Never Know About
      Tomorrow
27.6 131
      I Find Ups and Downs of Financial Markets Exciting 11.8 131
      Happy to Use Phone to Carry Out Day to Day Banking 28.3 143
Source: 2007 Doublebase MRI

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