September 29, 2025 Investor Insights

Spending Gap Widens

September 29, 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. 

• Power prices in August were 31% higher than they were four years prior, compared with a 19% increase for overall prices. 1
• The top 10% of earners accounted for 49.2% of consumer spending in Q2, up from 43.2% before COVID and 37.3% in 1995. 2
• 61% of baby boomer homeowners say they’ll never sell, up from 54% in 2024. Most reject blame for the housing crisis, favor protecting home values, and oppose more government aid for young buyers. 3
• NVIDIA and Apple now make up 14% of the S&P 500, while the “Magnificent Seven” stocks account for nearly 30% of the index. *4

Sources:

1. WSJ - "Higher Electricity Prices Aren’t All Good for Utilities"
2. MFS - "Beyond the News"
3. Yahoo Finance - "61% of Boomers Never Plan to Sell Their Homes, While 76% Say They're Tired of Blame for Housing Crisis"
4. A Wealth of Common Sense - "Animal Spirits: A Mania is Brewing"

*Past performance is not indicative of future performance

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