In this article, learn about how to make your money work for you while doing good for the world by joining Public.com. Public is the community for investors to build their portfolios with any amount of money and share insights with each other. The American stock market is one of the biggest generators of wealth, often averaging annual returns of 10%. That’s better than bonds and high-yield savings accounts. And yet, according to a 2021 Gallup poll, almost half of the country does not own stocks.