Wall Street’s S&P 500 Targets for 2026: Nobody is predicting a red year for stocks


The stock market’s run has been historic:

US households now own more equities than real estate as a percentage of their net worth, the 3rd such occurrence over the last 65 years.

This comes as corporate equities and mutual funds rose to ~31% of net worth in Q2 2025, an all-time high.

This percentage has more than doubled since 2008.

By comparison, the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak was ~25%.

Meanwhile, real estate assets fell below 30% of total net worth in Q2 for the first time since 2021.

This is far below the 2006 peak of 38% recorded before the housing bubble burst.

Asset owners are winning.

What happens if markets turn when stocks dominate household wealth?

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