High Net Worth Investors Eye U.S. Stocks as Top Asset Class For 2013

Online, August 27, 2013 (Newswire.com) - White-Miller Associates today announced the results of a survey of customers with at least $250,000 in investable assets on a range of investment topics. This program is designed to provide investors greater access to market insights from experts both inside and outside White-Miller Associates. Key findings of the poll include:

Investors on Market Conditions

• Return Expectations on the Increase - When stacking their gains against market averages in 2013, more high net worth investors expect to fare better than they did last year. Thirty-eight percent of investors expect to beat market averages, up from 31 percent in 2012, while only 15 percent expect to lag it, a vast improvement from last year's laggards at 33 percent.

• Moving to Equities - Nearly half (49 percent) of high net worth investors expect to increase their equity position in 2013 - by an average of 8 percent. Thirty-nine percent plan on keeping their position the same, and only 11 percent say they are going to decrease their equity position.

Investors on Investment Opportunities

• U.S. Is Head of the Class - Over the next 12 months, 65 percent of high net worth investors chose U.S. equities as the asset class in which they expect to invest the most, far exceeding the nine percent who chose foreign equities, followed by corporate bonds at 6 percent.

• Mid and Large Caps Top of Mind - Forty percent of high net worth investors believe that mid cap equities offer the greatest potential upside over the next 12 months, essentially equal to their interest in large cap equities at 39 percent, followed by still-strong interest in small cap equities (21 percent).

• Sector Leaders - For the next 12 months, investors' top choice (17 percent) for investing is the healthcare sector, followed by energy (15 percent) and information technology (13 percent).

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