While confidence in the future of Social Security isn't great, Texans feel good about the current state of the economy. And they expect it to remain robust. Eight percent don't know. That's an 8 percent decrease from summer 1999 when 42 percent had trouble paying monthly bills. A healthy economy does that.
People have a little cushion.
Fifty-two percent of Texas households also haven't invested in the stock market. But Perryman said there has been an increase in investing because of online trading and the availability of market news. And many Texans say they'd be willing to invest. It's not the big mystery it used to be. But there is a racial divide in stock market investing.