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U.S. investors' awareness of bitcoin and their interest in buying it have increased since 2018. The shifts are particularly notable among investors under 50.

Investors who have personal financial advisers are more likely to show confidence in their own investing skills and investment plans and to believe they are prepared to deal with stock market corrections.

Gen Z and younger millennials are a growing part of the workforce. See the data on how they feel about their current -- and future -- jobs.

Most nonretired investors in the U.S. have access to a 401(k) plan at work. About one-fifth of those with a plan say they have either taken out a 401(k) loan or taken an early withdrawal from the plan in the past five years.

U.S. investors split into two camps in the method they prefer for interacting with the financial services firm that handles their investments. Fifty percent rely on digital options, while 47% say the branch or telephone is most important.

Americans who are currently saving money favor continuing to add to their savings rather than spending in the near term. Most say development of a COVID-19 vaccine would affect their willingness to return to their normal spending.

The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index fell to +40 this quarter from +59 in the fourth quarter of 2015. While still positive, this is the lowest the index has been since mid-2014.

Three-quarters of U.S. adult workers believe they will continue working past retirement age, with 40% saying they will do so because they want to, and 35% because they will have to. Most intend to work part time.

About half of Americans do not think they will have enough money to retire comfortably, says Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport.

The average age at which current U.S. retirees say they actually retired is now 61, up from 59 a decade ago and 57 in the early 1990s. Conversely, 37% of nonretirees expect to retire after age 65, up from 14% in 1995.