{"id":1624,"date":"2020-05-29T13:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T13:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1db-blog.1db.com\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T14:54:50","slug":"smart-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"Smart Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past decade, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/PSAVERT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>personal savings rate<\/strong> <\/a>(PSR) has averaged 7.6%; that is Americans&#8217; have been saving on an after-tax basis just over $1 trillion, until #covid19. In March, folks became increasingly defensive in combating the unknowns associated with the invisible enemy, by instantaneously cutting spending and tightening their belt. The PSR has nearly doubled to 12.7%. By April, with the pandemic in full-force, <strong>saving <\/strong>became the next normal, as folks saved like never before; the rate of after-tax savings skyrocket to an unheard <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/PMSAVE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$6.1 trillion<\/a>, or 33%! Why? Because humans have innate survival instincts, and whenever fear reigns supreme people hunker down and play it smart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is this next normal having an effect on the financial markets? Yep. When will the PSR revert back to its mean, or will the next normal PSR remain elevated above its historical trend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/other-disclosures\/\">Disclosures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"798\" data-src=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/psr-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1625 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/psr-2020.png 925w, https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/psr-2020-300x259.png 300w, https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/psr-2020-768x663.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 925px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 925\/798;\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, the personal savings rate (PSR) has averaged 7.6%; that is Americans&#8217; have been saving on an after-tax basis just over $1 trillion, until #covid19. In March, folks became increasingly defensive in combating the unknowns associated with the invisible enemy, by instantaneously cutting spending and tightening their belt. The PSR has nearly&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"button read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/?p=1624\">Continue<span class=\"hide\"> Smart Americans<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smart Americans - Financial Advisors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.1db.com\/?p=1624\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smart Americans - Financial Advisors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the past decade, the personal savings rate (PSR) has averaged 7.6%; that is Americans&#8217; have been saving on an after-tax basis just over $1 trillion, until #covid19. 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