Optimists Make Better Plans for Retirements

There's a lot to be worried about these days. Banks are failing. Jobs are being shed. The hangover from last September's stock market crash still gnaws.

Along with traditional splits -- liberal versus conservative, free market versus regulation -- there can be an equally divisive, though less studied split among investors: optimism versus pessimism. Are better days ahead or is the economy a house of cards ready to topple?

Optimists Make Better Plans for Retirements
Source: The Street