“They'll spend weeks planning a vacation to Disney World, but when it comes to their financial future, they procrastinate,” John Addison Jr., Primerica's co-chief executive, told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday.
“The highest obstacle to financial success is procrastination.”
The sponsors of the study are shocked at the willingness of middle-income investors to go it alone.
“A strikingly high percentage of respondents in our survey said they wouldn't consult any information at all in making a decision,” said Stephen Brobeck, executive director of the Consumer Federation of America.
He urges more discipline before taking out unaffordable home mortgages, taking on too much credit card debt or making risky investments." Read the details By Mark Schoeff Jr.: http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120918/FREE/120919929
Middle-income Americans wing it on financial decisions
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