Household Asset Bubbles: A Mirror, A Trend


Here's a chart showing real estate and corporate equities each as a share of total household assets.   Did one bubble just replace another, and why is it not doing it now?



Real estate (blue) and corporate equities (green) as a share of total household assets. I see two faint forms of symmetry.

So here's another chart: pension reserves, deposits, mutual fund shares and life insurance reserves each as a share of total household assets.

Pensions (red), deposits (maroon), mutual fund shares (black) and life insurance (gray) as a share of total household assets.