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“The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofit organizations”

Be interesting to see that breakdown.

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--and a very good Friday morning to everyone as stocks'n'metals continue their divergent directions.  In fact, while metals settle into levels from four years ago, the S&P punched a record high so IBD changed the outlook back to 'confirmed uptrend'.  Only reports today are Natural Gas Inventories and Leading Indicators.  Some headlines:

• Markets Show Relief on Scottish 'No' Vote New York Times - 9 hours ago LONDON - As Scotland rejected independence, the pound initially gained strength and stocks rose in Britain and in Europe, reflecting relief that the United Kingdom would not face a tumultuous breakup and a prolonged period of uncertainty.
• "The Retiree Next Door": How successful retirees stretch their savings "The Retiree Next Door": How successful retirees stretch their savingsBy the time she hit her late 40s, Toni Eugenia wasn’t sure she would ever be able to retire. Eugenia, 56, a pharmacy technician who lived in Houston, was nearly $200,000 in debt and Yahoo Finance
• China Opens Gold Market to Foreigners Amid Price Ambition China will give foreign investors direct access to its gold market for the first time today as the biggest-consuming nation seeks to exert more influence over prices while boosting the yuan’s global use. The Shanghai Gold Exchange will start trading contracts in the city’s free-trade zone that will… Bloomberg
• Developed World Slouches Toward Japanification - Jeff Snider, RCM
• Fighting Global Warming Could Be Cheap - Paul Krugman, NY Times

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The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofit organizations—

Thanks sooo much for the heads up-- didn't realize it was that time again (the "Flow of Funds Report" only comes out every 3 months.  Here

interesting to see that breakdown

That's the best part, Table 100 on page 117 (page 131 of the pdf).

At first glance I'm seeing that since 2009 private debt has gone down while people's stocks'n'mutual funds have almost doubled.  Real estate's only gone up about 20% --that's a 4% annual rate compared to stocks at 15%.