Downtown Josh Brown

@downtownjoshbrown.bsky.social

Investor, CEO, Dad https://www.downtownjoshbrown.com/

The post pandemic period has produced a surging amount of millionaire households. Our collective net worth has gone from $109 trillion to $174 trillion. People don't like to hear this because it adds nuance to the wealth inequality debate.

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Household assets in the United States are now running 10X household debt. This happened during the second quarter of this year and explains a lot about why consumer spending has not slowed down in the face of higher interest rates and gas prices. Don't get mad at me, I'm just explaining it to you.

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Imagine being the speechwriter for an AI company CEO going before the UN. You've got shareholders, potential banking underwriters, corporate customers, public opinion, the White House, the world etc, to keep happy. Forget threading the needle. This is like doing surgery on the wings of a fly.