Changing savings strategies

• 58%: Percentage of independent registered investment advisers who expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months.
• 57%: Percentage who attribute that rise to falling energy prices in the second half of the year.
• 71%: Percentage who feel the housing market will weaken, compared to 81 percent in January.
• 85%: Percentage of advisors who got new clients from full-service brokerage firms in the last six months.
• 22%: Percentage of advisors who will invest more in cash.
• 20%: Percentage who will invest in fixed-income assets.
• 22%: Percentage who say they will invest more in small-cap funds over the next six months.

Source: Schwab Institutional