Asset Allocation Survey

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Asset Allocation Results for October 2026 :

	Current percentage of portfolio	# change from last month
Stock Funds	38.15%	(-0.20%)
Stocks	31.92%	(-1.52%)
Stocks Total	70.07%

Bond Funds	10.91%	(+1.78%)
Bonds	5.71%	(-0.03%)
Bonds Total	16.62%

Cash	13.31%	(-0.04%)

■ Stocks ■ Bonds ■ Cash

Commentary

November 2, 2026

October AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Bond Allocations Rise

Individual investors' allocations to bonds increased while stock allocations decreased and cash allocations were unchanged in the October AAII Asset Allocation Survey.

Stock and stock fund allocations decreased 1.7 percentage points to 70.1%. Stock and stock fund allocations are above their historical average of 62.0% for the 48th consecutive month.