The Increased Importance of the Stock Market

<p>The stock market has produced outsized returns over the last several years. As a result, stocks represent a greater percent of overall US household wealth than they ever have. How has this happened? How have Americans become comfortable with the historically most risky asset class being so important on the country’s collective balance sheet? Is it technology? Is it generational? Is it something else? In this week’s Trading Perspectives, Sam, Courtney, and John discuss the stock market’s increased importance on the lives of the average American.</p>