Bank Deposits at Fed Growing Substantially

Since the Federal Reserve began offering interest on its deposits, banks have left ever-increasing amounts of money there, leading to the trillion dollars now present. This enormous sum pays .25% interest. Fearing an interest rate increase, banks have been greatly increasing deposits over the past year.

–from CNN Money

Who Owns US Equities

I had no idea that households were such a shrinking part of us equity investments. This does not show what other investments households have, like their homes (real estate). See article from Business Insider.