January 10, 2024

Wealthy own record share of stocks

Axios -  The wealthiest 10% of U.S. households now own nearly 93% of the stock market. This stat — which we first spotted in the Financial Times — is a crucial bit of context amid the heavily hyped surge of smaller retail investors who flocked to the stock market amid COVID. While it's true a record 58% of American households own stocks via mutual funds or as individual shares, the aggregate amount that most own is tiny. The big picture: In the past decade, the S&P 500 gained 155%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index went up a whopping 250%.

1 comment:

Greg Gerritt said...

Stock market is just another way for the rich to steal Serves no other purpose other than to financialize everything so it is easier for the rich to loot it.