This statistic presents adults views on investment and whether they consider it risky in terms of return on investment in Great Britain in 2014. More than two third of respondents (67 percent) strongly or somewhat agreed with the statement that investing is risky because the returns are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in.
Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in?
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Social Market Foundation. (October 31, 2014). Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/
Social Market Foundation. "Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in?." Chart. October 31, 2014. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/
Social Market Foundation. (2014). Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/
Social Market Foundation. "Do You Agree with The Statement: Investing Is Risky Because The Returns on Your Money Are Not Guaranteed and You Might Not Get Back Everything You Put In?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/
Social Market Foundation, Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/ (last visited April 18, 2024)
Do you agree with the statement: Investing is risky because the returns on your money are not guaranteed and you might not get back everything you put in? [Graph], Social Market Foundation, October 31, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/479129/investing-risk-return-on-investment-great-britain/