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AI-driven wealth surge highlights US household equity risk
Allianz Research estimates a 25.0% S&P 500 correction could erase about $27.0 trillion from household wealth.
AI is reshaping how wealth is created, and a new Allianz Research analysis says the insurance industry is increasingly exposed because more US household assets are tied to markets. Allianz Research estimates global household financial assets rose 8.6% to a record €268.4 trillion in 2025, with market gains responsible for roughly four out of every five euros of new wealth, even as household savings fell 5.4% to €4.1 trillion.
The report cautions that the headline wealth numbers look smaller once inflation is considered. Nominal household assets are up 50.0% since 2019, but real wealth has grown only 23.0%, and purchasing power is just 5% above its 2021 level, according to Allianz Research.
Allianz Research also points to concentration risk inside equity markets. The S&P 500 rose about 95% between the end of 2022 and mid-2026, and six hyperscaler stocks, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, Meta, and Amazon, drove 43% of that gain.
On the insurance exposure side, Allianz Research estimates US households hold 66.6% of their financial savings in equities, around 28 percentage points higher than European households, and the top 10% of Americans own 87.3% of corporate equities and mutual fund shares. It further estimates that a 25.0% S&P 500 correction would erase approximately $27.0 trillion.
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