Global Stock Market Cap Jumps 18.5% to $152 Trillion as Personal Wealth Rises 10.8%
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 8
Global Stock Market Cap Jumps 18.5% to $152 Trillion as Personal Wealth Rises 10.8%
1 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 8
Summary
$152 trillion in global stock market capitalization and a 10.8% rise in personal wealth marked 2025, according to the World Federation of Exchanges and UBS Global Wealth Report 2026.
UBS said the wealth gain was driven largely by rising asset prices at the top of the wealth pyramid rather than broad-based improvements in living standards.
3,302 dollar billionaires were counted worldwide in 2025, up 383 from a year earlier, with more than 1,000 in the United States, 562 in mainland China and 211 in India.
The report argues that an economy built on inflated asset values and debt is vulnerable to crisis even as headline market and wealth figures keep climbing.