Based on one of the links within that article https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/stocks-are-at-a-70-year-high-as-a-share-of-household-financial-wealth.html https:/

Based on one of the links within that article https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/stocks-are-at-a-70-year-high-as-a-share-of-household-financial-wealth.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/01/stocks-are-at-a-70-year-high... I think that by "U.S. stocks" they mean "stocks held by U.S. households", but I'm not 100% sure and I agree that's confusingly worded.