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Portfolios Across the U.S. Wealth Distribution

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  • John Bailey Jones
  • Urvi Neelakantan

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In this article, we examine how household portfolios vary with wealth, age and race. Households in the middle of the wealth distribution hold most of their wealth as real estate, while wealthier households are more heavily invested in stocks and private business equity. As households age, they repay education loans and other debt and accumulate real estate and (to a lesser extent) financial assets. We find that Black households hold considerably less home equity, stocks and business equity. This can be explained (statistically) by lower levels of total wealth and by differences in age and household composition.

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  • John Bailey Jones & Urvi Neelakantan, 2023. "Portfolios Across the U.S. Wealth Distribution," Richmond Fed Economic Brief, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, vol. 23(39), November.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedreb:97389
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