Economy · Household and corporate balance sheets

Stocks as a Share of Household Net Worth

Name: Stocks as a Share of Household Net Worth
Creator: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

Directly held stocks, % of net worth: 26.61% (Q2 2026).
A year earlier: 22.62% (Q2 2025), a change of +3.99 pts.
Highest on record here: 26.61% (Q2 2026); lowest: 5.63% (Q2 1982).

Year	Average	Year close
1945	17.96%	17.96%
1946	15.65%	15.65%
1947	13.86%	13.86%
1948	13.06%	13.06%
1949	13.20%	13.20%
1950	14.06%	14.06%
1951	14.42%	14.42%
1952	14.21%	13.53%
1953	12.62%	12.81%
1954	14.44%	15.02%
1955	16.18%	16.58%
1956	16.60%	16.82%

Source: FRED HNOCEAQ027S (Households and Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Equities; Asset, Level); FRED TNWBSHNO (Households and Nonprofit Organizations; Net Worth, Level). Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Gray bands mark U.S. recessions as dated by the NBER (FRED USREC).

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