Dow Futures Climb as Stock Market Mints Record Millionaire Party, Crypto Coins News

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures tick higher on Presidents ’Day Monday.
Fidelity reports that a record number of its retirement accounts now hold $ 1 million or more.
The US stock market continue to push all-time highs despite coronavirus fears.

The U.S. stock markets are closed today for Presidents ’Day but that hasn’t stopped the steady climb in after-hours trading. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures drifted higher on Monday, following Asian and European markets.

With the Dow on the verge of all-time highs, retirement accounts are booming. According to Fidelity, there are now a record number of millionaire IRAs and 565 (k) s

The number of retirement accounts at Fidelity with $ 1 million or more hit a record high in the last quarter. Source: Bloomberg / Fidelity

Dow futures edge higher on Presidents Day

Dow futures contracts crept 5 points higher on Monday ahead of a quiet trading session.

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) followed the Asian and European markets slightly higher on Monday. Source: Yahoo Finance

(S&P) futures and Nasdaq Composite futures were up 0. (% and 0.) % respectively after finishing at record highs on Friday.

Stock market mints record number of millionaires

The numbers out of Fidelity are impressive. , retirement accounts managed by the firm now have $ 1 million or more. That’s 1.6% of all Fidelity’s managed retirement accounts.

The value of retirement accounts rose across the board in the last quarter.

The average (k) balance rose to $ , , a new record high and a 7% increase from last quarter’s balance of $ , – Fidelity report

It comes as the S&P and Nasdaq closed at all-time highs on Friday.

What could go wrong?

The numbers aren’t all good news. While a small group of “super savers” are pushing into millionaire status, most retirees don’t have enough saved.

According to the same Fidelity report,

Baby Boomers only have a median $ , 1200 saved as they hit retirement age

As the median amounts in this study show, millions of Americans over the age of have too little saved for a comfortable retirement, and not enough time to save significantly more.

CCN.com looked into this retirement crisis over the weekend, reporting that Baby Boomers may be forced to take more risk and further inflate a stock market bubble .

The next part of this bubble phase, driven by the baby boomers is, ‘oh shit we can’t save enough money so we must take as much equity risk as possible again because we’re in our retirement years. Go go go! ’- Raoul Pal, former hedge fund manager.

Dow shakes off coronavirus worries

With the stock markets at record highs, investors have broadly shrugged off the coronavirus threat. Latest figures stand at 1, 900 deaths and more than , cases of infection . But there are wider fears that the virus has breached the window of containment and will spread globally .

Elsewhere on the markets, China’s central bank lowered its interest rate and pledged to support the markets in the face of coronavirus impact. Japan’s economy reversed faster-than-expected. , with GDP coming in 6.3% down in the last quarter.

Earnings season slows to a trickle with Glencore, Walmart, and HSBC preparing reports this week. Federal Reserve meeting minutes are released on Wednesday.

This article was edited by Samburaj Das .

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