60% of Americans Own Stock: That's Still Too Low. Here's the Contrarian Case for Why It Matters.
A little over half of Americans own stock, which means that too many people are missing out on the wealth-building power of capitalism.
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In 2025, 62% of Americans owned stock, according to Gallup. This is something the pollster has looked at annually for years, with the percentage ranging between 52% and 62% over the last 25 or so years. While it is nice to see that a large portion of Americans have stock exposure, I think that number should be far closer to 100%. Here's why.
Warren Buffett, one of the world's most famous investors and former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB), has long suggested that most people should just buy the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and call it a day. His logic is fairly simple. Investing in individual stocks is time-consuming, emotionally draining, and, frankly, difficult to do well.
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