In 2025, about what share of Americans said they own stock, directly or through funds and retirement accounts?
Answer62%
That matched 2024's reading and was up from a stretch below 60% during 2010-2022.
Source: Gallup (2025) news.gallup.com
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4 sourced facts about investing and personal finance, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer62%
That matched 2024's reading and was up from a stretch below 60% during 2010-2022.
Source: Gallup (2025) news.gallup.com
Answer$86,900
That value had risen 15% since 2019, per the Federal Reserve's survey.
Source: Federal Reserve, Survey of Consumer Finances (2022) federalreserve.gov
Answer49%
Nearly half of people approaching retirement age had nothing saved specifically for retirement.
Source: Wikipedia (401(k)) (2017) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout $5.2 trillion
That was spread across roughly 43 million taxpayers who held an IRA that year.
Source: Wikipedia (Individual retirement account) (2011) en.wikipedia.org