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Households hold 42.1% of US equities, as a residual

Households
42.1%
Rest of the world
18.2%
Mutual funds
15.4%
ETFs
10.1%
Private pensions
4.8%
S&L pensions
3.4%
Corporates
3.2%
Everything else
2.8%

The household sector line is a residual and includes nonprofits and other entities, so it is larger than retail investors alone. Source: Federal Reserve Financial Accounts, table F51.1.s.

The Federal Reserve sorts $106.9 trillion of US corporate equities by holder, measuring institutions and assigning the remainder to households. That household line is 42.1%, but it is a balancing item, not a survey. It describes who holds the shares, not who owns them.

$106.9 trillionAll US corporate equity
42.1%Household line, a residual
18.2%Held outside the US
10.1%Held by ETFs

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