Two-Thirds of Household Assets of Americans Is Financial-Markets Related

If you ever noticed why many people are addicted to all sorts of tickers, the stat we spotted today might help - "Since of the $78.2 trillion in total household assets (and thus net worth), a whopping two thirds is financial-market related, .." Source

By global standards, that number is definitely an outlier. We would soon have some stats to see how it is, relative to other developed countries.