December 1, 2025 Market Moment
Market Moment
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12/1/2025
- Dividends have contributed 34% of total market returns since 1940, and during major downturns since 1975, dividend-paying stocks have fallen only about –14.4% on average versus –28.2% for the S&P 500. *1
- Gen Z earns 50% more at age 25 than boomers did and has 39% higher net worth after adjusting for inflation, yet faces severe housing shortages, with 58.6% rent-burdened in 2022 and far higher tuition costs than previous generations. 2
- Households earning $250K+ own 68% of U.S. equities, despite being only 9% of all American households. People who earn less than $100K a year own just 10.3% of the stock market but make up two-thirds of all US households. 3
- AI is set to influence $263 billion in global holiday sales ($51B in the U.S.), with 57% of AI users turning to it for gift ideas. Generative-AI retail traffic is up 1,300% YoY (and 1,200% in October), making AI a major driver of product discovery. 4
- Barrons - "Behold Nvidia’s Penny Dividend. Is It Telling Us Something?”
- Vox - "Is Gen Z ‘utterly screwed’?"
- WSJ - "Why Jewelry Is Outperforming the Rest of the Luxury World"
- WSJ - "AI Is Remaking Shopping. These Companies Are the Leaders."
*Past performance is not indicative of future performance
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