Signal Equity produced 57% of new household wealth in 2025 against 15% from real estate

Summary

MGI finds a stark shift in what drove household wealth in 2025. Globally, 57 percent of new household wealth came from equity, while real estate contributed only 15 percent. That reverses the average pattern since 2000, when property generated more than half of all wealth growth. The shift mirrors wider balance sheet trends, as every major economy saw equity assets rise, in some cases offsetting falls in property values. Real estate still makes up about half of global household wealth, while equity and investment funds account for about a quarter, and in the United States and Canada equity forms more than a third of household wealth.