U.S. investors, on average, expect even more from their investments than those from other countries. Expectations in the U.S. averaged 12.4 percent compared with 9 percent for investors in Europe. “These high expectations may indicate why 51 percent of investors said they had not achieved what they wanted with their investments over the past five years,” Schroders said,
Across the world, many investors have only a vague grasp of their assets, the study said. Eighteen percent only have a rough idea of how much money they have with various financial providers, and only 44 percent are very confident that they are up to date with how much money they have invested. Just 33 percent of investors in Asia felt very confident about this, the lowest region globally, the study said.