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May 5, 2025 Investor Insights

Investor Insights

Billionaire Wealth

May 5, 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. 

 

  • Small and mid-size businesses are becoming more critical to our economic growth. Nearly 80% of job openings are now from businesses with fewer than 250 employees—a share that has steadily grown over the past five years. 1
  • The number of U.S. billionaires grew from 1,370 in 2021 to 1,990 in 2024—a 45% increase. The top 0.1% of households now hold 13.8% of U.S. wealth, up from 8.5% in 1990. 2
  • After an impressive rally last week, the S&P 500 has now jumped 14% from its April low. A further 8% gain would be needed to achieve a new market high above the previous high set back in February. *3
  • On May 4th, the Department of Education restarted involuntary collections on defaulted student loans. Of 42.7 million borrowers with $1.6 trillion in student debt, only 38% are current on payments. 4

Sources:

  1. Apollo - "Small Businesses are More and More Important"
  2. The Irrelevant Investor - "Animal Spirits: The Most Confusing Rally of All Time"
  3. Barrons - "The S&P 500 Has Erased ‘Liberation Day’ Losses. A Record High May Be Next."
  4. MFS - "Beyond the News"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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