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Among those more likely to say they are better off than worse off: Democrats (55%-11%), 18-29 year olds (53%-12%), Hispanics (51%-18%), African Americans (66%-6%), the Creative Class (42%-26%), the Investor Class (48%-24%), Weekly Wal-Mart Shoppers (41%-30%), and independents (36%-27%).
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Significantly, the President obtains majority support among several key groups: Catholics (53%-46%), the Investor Class (54%-45%), the Creative Class (59%-38%), and NASCAR fans (52%-46%).
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The change in perception of the investor class from a peer-adversary class to a Dark Side or Godfather class.
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But for one class of investor, the mortgage pay-down is a clear winner.
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At the end of each calendar year, the investor shifted funds from the better-performing asset class to the worst-performing asset class.
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The most optimistic Americans are Hispanics (84%) and African Americans (86%), liberals (84%), moderates (57%), 18-29 year olds (57%), 30-49 year olds (59%), Catholics (61%), union members (67%), Weekly Wal-Mart Shoppers (61%), Investor Class (61%), NASCAR Fans 57%, Catholics (60%), and Creative Class (61%).
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Lead plaintiffs are supposed to hire attorneys and oversee the litigation on behalf of the rest of the class, although in practice it usually works the other way around, with the lawyers using portfolio-monitoring software to identify an institutional investor with a loss and then recruiting that investor to represent the class.
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