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October 13, 2025 Investor Insights

Investor Insights

Kids Sports Spending

October 13, 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. 

 

  • Despite gold’s recent increase, it has struggled over longer time frames. From 1928 to 2024, $1 in gold grew to under $13,000, while the same $1 in the S&P 500 (with dividends) grew to nearly $1 million. *1
  • U.S. families spend over $40B a year on kids’ sports, up 46% since 2019. Parents with active kids spend about $1,500 yearly (including $250 on gear). 11% think their child could go pro; 22% expect college-level play. 2
  • The 10 largest companies in the S&P 500 have dominated the stock market’s recent performance—accounting for over 68% of returns in 2023–2024 and 57% year-to-date through September 30. *3
  • The top 1% of U.S. households now hold nearly as much wealth as the bottom 90%—their share has risen from 23% to 31%, while the bottom 90% has fallen from 40% to 33% since 1990. 3

Sources:

  1. WSJ - "Markets A.M.: Why Gold Will Lose Its Luster"
  2. Weekend - "Inside the Empire That Sports Parents Built"
  3. A Wealth of Common Sense - "Animal Spirits: It Feels Like 1999"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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