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May 19, 2025 Investor Insights

Investor Insights

Real Estate vs. Stocks

May 19, 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. 

  • The S&P 500 fell 15.3% from the start of the year to April 8th. It then performed a “V-shaped” recovery, rising an astounding 18.1%. The last time the stock market erased a 15%+ decline in less than six weeks was back in 1982. *1
  • Moody’s Ratings stripped the US of its AAA credit rating. This is partially a result of the fact that the federal budget deficit is now running at around $2 trillion a year, and the government debt is expected to reach 107% of GDP by 2029. 2
  • Even though the stock market has significantly outperformed real estate over the last 50 years, a recent Gallup survey shows that 37% of Americans think real estate is the best long-term investment compared to just 16% for stocks. 3
  • Americans’ expectations for income growth over the next year fell to 2.6%, the lowest since 2021. Respondents also now believe there is less than a 50% chance (49.2%) that they could find a job within three months if they became unemployed. 3

Sources:

  1. Bespoke Investment Group - “Trillions Lost and Found for Mega-Caps”
  2. Bloomberg - “US Loses Last Top Credit Rating With Downgrade From Moody’s”
  3. MFS Beyond the News - “BTN 5/12/25”

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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