August 4, 2025 Investor Insights

$4 Trillion Club

August 4, 2025

Enjoy this week's "Investor Insights," a weekly newsletter that highlights the financial news you need and provides tips and tricks for making better investment decisions. 

• Since 1990, the S&P 500 has dropped an average of 0.56% in August, with gains occurring just 54% of the time—making it the second worst-performing month after September, which averages a 0.84% decline. *1
• From 2000 to 2024, the average annual cost of family health insurance rose 297%, from $6,438 to $25,570. That’s an annual growth rate of 5.92%, more than double the pace of inflation. 1
• While 14% of U.S. adults own crypto, 60% say they’ll never buy it, and 55% see it as “very risky.” Among conservatives, 50% say they’ll never buy crypto, compared to 73% of liberals. 1
• Microsoft became the second $4 trillion company after NVIDIA. Nine of the world’s 10 biggest companies are now U.S.-based, and each is worth over $1 trillion. *2

Sources:

1. MFS - "Beyond the News"
2. Bloomberg - "What Microsoft’s $4 Trillion Market Value Really Means"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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