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So I was piqued by your post, and actually looked it up. It looks like the bond / credit market in the US is just under $40 trillion [1], and the value of the U

So I was piqued by your post, and actually looked it up. It looks like the bond / credit market in the US is just under $40 trillion [1], and the value of the US stock market is $37.69 trillion [2]. So they look pretty close? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_market [2] https://siblisresearch.com/data/us-stock-market-value/ https://siblisresearch.com/data/us-stock-market-value/

H8crilA 7y ago
Sign of the times (of overpriced stocks). It is much larger most of the time for most countries. Also, credit is not all securitized into bonds. But yeah right now the US stock market is ridiculously large, you're right. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fool.com/amp/knowledge-center/5-bond-market-facts-you-need-to-know.aspx https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fool.com/amp/knowledge-cent... https://gfmasset.com/2015/02/size-stock-market-vs-bond-market/ https://gfmasset.com/2015/02/size-stock-market-vs-bond-marke... https://www.sifma.org/resources/research/fact-book/ https://www.sifma.org/resources/research/fact-book/