Jessica Lautz
Coverage of Jessica Lautz in the Nexus archive.
- What Magic: The Gathering’s record year reveals about America’s stalled adulthood economy
Magic: The Gathering generated $1.72 billion in 2025 revenue, a 59% increase, becoming Hasbro's top profit driver. The surge in card sales coincided with a decline in doll sales, reflecting millennials' shifting spending as economic factors delay adulthood and parenthood. New research reveals a 53% true U.S. homeownership rate (vs. 65% previously reported), with significant disparities among adults under 35.
- The millennial generation is split in 2: an older crowd with boomer-style comfort, a younger set going ‘back to the early 1900s’
Millennials are divided into two distinct groups: older millennials (ages 36-45) with higher homeownership and income, similar to boomers, while younger millennials (ages 27-35) face lower homeownership rates and financial challenges like student loans and high rent. Research from the National Association of Realtors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis highlights a widening gap, with younger millennials buying smaller homes, making smaller down payments, and struggling with debt.
- Single Gen Z women outpacing men in home buying
Single women aged 18-26 are purchasing homes at nearly double the rate of their male counterparts, with 35% of women versus 18% of men buying homes according to National Association of Realtors data. Despite this gender disparity, Gen Z as a whole continues to lag behind other age groups in homeownership rates.