The poll by Ariel Investments LLC and the Charles Schwab found that 62 percent of the blacks surveyed own stocks or mutual funds, lagging the 82 percent of white respondents who said they do.
Executives at Chicago-based Ariel Investments, an African-American-owned investment management firm and mutual fund company, said black stock ownership remains a weak spot as it has been throughout the 11 years the company has been sponsoring the annual survey.
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