Wealthy Americans - investment in tangible assets, 2013

The statistic shows the results of a survey carried out on wealthy Americans. This statistic deals with wealthy Americans currently investing or likely to invest in tangible assets, by assets and age group. From the 68 plus age group, 14 percent stated that they were currently or likely to invest in infrastructure.

Wealthy Americans currently investing or likely to invest in tangible assets, by asset and age in 2013

Investing or likely to invest in..	Age 68+	Age 49-67	Age 33-48	Age 18-32	All
Infrastructure	14%	13%	24%	36%	19%
Reneweable energy	14%	28%	36%	56%	32%
Timber	7%	9%	25%	36%	16%
Oil, coal, gas properties	31%	27%	38%	44%	33%
Residential real estate	39%	52%	63%	75%	56%
Commerical real estate	15%	21%	36%	52%	28%
Farmland/ranchland	4%	8%	21%	45%	17%

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Release date

May 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February and March 2013

Number of respondents

711 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Age of respondents: Average 53 years old
-Age 18-32: 15 percent (Gen Y or Millennials)
-Age 33-48: 23 percent (Gen X)
-Age 49-67: 47 percent (Baby Boomers)
-Age 68+: 15 percent.

- 62 percent men
- 38 percent women.

The 711 people interviewed for this nationwide survey were high net worth or ultra high net worth individuals.

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