The total value of households' stock holdings declined by nearly 18 percent in 2000, and stocks as a share of households' total assets declined to less than 24 percent.
This loss of stock holding value was the result of households putting less into their retirement funds.
mnli hypothesis: This loss of stock holding value was the result of households putting less into their retirement funds. premise: The total value of households' stock holdings declined by nearly 18 percent in 2000, and stocks as a share of households' total assets declined to less than 24 percent.