Individual U.S. investors aren't happy with the current bear market, but they're not panicking, and most are sticking with their investment strategies, according to a sampling of financial planners across the country.
"A couple of people have called and expressed some concern about what's been going on. But it's very strange; people really haven't been all that concerned," Ian Quan-Soon, a New York City financial planner, said about his clients.
The investors and planners have had a series of shocks to deal with over the past year, from the subprime mortgage mess, to $4-a-gallon gasoline, to a skidding stock market and the crisis at mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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