Percent of American consumers who used a financial advisor in 2015, up from 28 percent in 2010: 40
Portion of consumers who believe that financial advisors act not in their best interest but rather in their employers’ best interests, up from 25 percent in 2010: Six in 10
Percent of Americans who use financial advisors and believe that current laws do not protect consumers from being taken advantage of in the financial markets: 63
Source: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards 2015 Survey
Source: The CFP Board of Standards, Women’s Initiative; Corporate Insight Survey of 500 advisors, New York
Percent of financial advisors who actively seek clients under age 40: 30
Percent of seniors (aged 65 and over) who said they could recognize elder financial abuse if it happened to them or a family member, a figure widely regarded as a measure of over-confidence: 89
Percent of younger family and friends (aged 40 to 64) who feel they have the resources to protect an elder family member: 58
Source: Safeguarding Our Seniors Survey, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C.
Percent change since 1973 in inflation-adjusted median wages for U.S. men and women, respectively: -5, +31
Source: Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Length of the workday
Length of average workday for Americans in 2014, up 10 minutes from the year before:
7 hours, 45 minutes
Source: American Time Use Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
Average amount per day that American people in 2014 spent sleeping, the largest daily activity in people’s lives, up 11 minutes from the year before: 8 hours, 48 minutes
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C.
Share of board seats held by women at 100 large U.S. companies: 22 percent
Percent of these companies that have all-male boards: 0
Source: Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York
Number of new securities regulations calling for special coding in financial reports, designed to make data easier to compare across companies: 7
Source: SEC, Office of Structured Disclosure, Washington, D.C.
Number of companies in the S&P 500 that established term limits for directors, down from 25 companies in 2009: 16
Source: Spencer Stuart, Chicago
Fine paid by Barclays to resolve an investigation into a trading practice that allowed the bank to exploit a milliseconds-long lag between an order and its execution to the detriment of its clients: $150 million
Source: New York Department of Financial Services, Albany, N.Y.
Share of S&P 500 companies that disclose the peer group they use to gauge executive pay: 96 percent
Source: Equilar Inc., Redwood City, Calif.
Three of the most common companies on peer group lists: 3M, Honeywell, Eaton Corp.
Source: Wall Street Journal, New York
Percent by which the number of women graduating from college is expected to exceed the number of men in 2025: 47
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
Number of VW diesel owners who have applied for the $500 Visa debit card and $500 in dealership credits that are part of the "goodwill package" VW announced in November: 120,000
Source: VW Group, Los Angeles
Cost per use of the Los Angeles Suite, a proposed VIP lounge at LAX that will allow celebrities to get private TSA screening and be driven across the airfield straight to their airplanes: $1,500–$1,800
Source: Los Angeles World Airports, Wall Street Journal
Source: George Washington University, Prof. Robert Brauneis, Washington, D.C.
