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1 in 7 white households have $1M net worth. U post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/03/white...
Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
Win thi$
Aggressive frum national
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
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pontificating primrose theater stage ratface
  09/30/18
Cops don't make that much starting
Citrine Ceo Ticket Booth
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
that's poverty wages in that city
geriatric ultramarine philosopher-king
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
lol...you jumped directly from the #1 most expensive US metr...
Wine institution jap
  03/23/18
Poasting was the only reason that Peterman was able to achie...
Ocher Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria Chad
  03/22/18
Its mostly white baby boomers rofl
Spruce trip hell pozpig
  03/22/18
I guess that's ok for their children as they can give them m...
shivering base
  03/22/18
lmao boomers booming it all away
Sable Set Kitty
  03/22/18
is that why they are called boomers?
shivering base
  03/22/18
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duck-like sanctuary
  03/22/18
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Spruce trip hell pozpig
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
http://www.megamillions.com
Aggressive frum national
  03/22/18
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Ruby thriller double fault
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
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Wonderful den
  09/30/18
Wealth should not include equity in a primary residence.
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
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Citrine Ceo Ticket Booth
  03/22/18
(does not live in NYC/LA/SF)
milky hateful affirmative action
  03/22/18
You need to live somewhere, so home equity is not a lump of ...
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
if you live in a 2M home in NY then move to FL for retiremen...
shivering base
  03/22/18
sure it is. can’t i remortgage the equity and continuously r...
razzle lilac theater
  03/22/18
What could go wrong?
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
yes, upside is generally accompanied by risk in modern finan...
razzle lilac theater
  03/22/18
Because if the market tanks you could be underwater on your ...
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
If the market tanks your stocks could lose value. If runawa...
ebony trump supporter
  03/23/18
i do give some credit to the idea of marking home equity, 40...
milky hateful affirmative action
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
Everything other than home equity should count.
costumed quadroon nursing home
  03/24/18
Wealth =/= investable cash Also, unless you live in a sha...
ebony trump supporter
  03/22/18
Just sell your house and live somewhere cheaper when it pull...
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
So? Spending your money means you can't use it on other thi...
ebony trump supporter
  03/23/18
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sick pearl stage
  03/23/18
not everyone lives in mom's basement forever
Cordovan range
  03/23/18
Why not?
ebony trump supporter
  03/22/18
You almost certainly have familial and emotional obligations...
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
i see what you're saying, but an asset being illiquid -/->...
sick pearl stage
  03/23/18
I think that can be true for a lot of assets (cars, jewelry)...
ebony trump supporter
  03/23/18
how is this possible, i thought an absurdly low number of bo...
Sable Set Kitty
  03/22/18
Average wealth is >$900k, median is <$300k. Rich ou...
Deranged Provocative Point Partner
  03/22/18
...
Spruce trip hell pozpig
  03/22/18
Median is 170 according to the article. Still sounds high to...
titillating jet brethren gay wizard
  03/22/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  03/22/18
170 is high? JFC none of you people live in New Jersey.
Pink school
  09/30/18
property rich, cash poor
Bright self-centered space
  03/22/18
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Contagious topaz dilemma
  03/22/18
it wouldn't surprise me if both were true. I could see 1/...
shivering base
  03/22/18
didn't click but has to be including their home values ton...
Apoplectic Forum Boistinker
  03/22/18
A bunch of them rode the housing bubble all the way: bought ...
motley narrow-minded haunted graveyard
  03/23/18
white or (((white)))?
bateful round eye giraffe
  03/23/18
pretty sure it's like 6/7 for (((whites)))
Frisky fat ankles associate
  03/23/18
I’m probably a paper millionaire including home equity (incl...
Curious indian lodge
  03/23/18
If your wife works say *we*. You by yourself are not a paper...
Frisky fat ankles associate
  03/23/18
Fair. I edited before I saw your post.
Curious indian lodge
  03/23/18
This works very well where the couple is committed to stayin...
Frisky fat ankles associate
  03/23/18
Neither of us is from a broken home, at least.
Curious indian lodge
  03/23/18
So you probably have lots of Jew gold buried in the backyard...
bateful round eye giraffe
  03/23/18
I should go check.
Curious indian lodge
  03/23/18
damn among the xoxo cohort, like college educated whites and...
spectacular jet-lagged gaping
  03/23/18
other data: about 8% of households (calculated based on the...
spectacular jet-lagged gaping
  03/23/18
Is a million supposed to be a lot in 2018? That was a lot of...
haunting temple
  03/23/18
but tbf, $1mm gets you 30 years of $65k distributions assumi...
spectacular jet-lagged gaping
  03/23/18
(guy who doesn't think 1 out of 7 xo posters are worth $1+ m...
Cordovan range
  03/23/18
What percentage of households with members in their 30s have...
Appetizing windowlicker
  03/23/18
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Marvelous party of the first part
  09/30/18
A lot of Boomers are rich, news at 11.
Pink school
  09/30/18


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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/10/03/white-families-are-twice-as-likely-to-be-millionaires-as-a-generation-ago/?utm_term=.e42043bd2ced



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665806)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:25 PM
Author: Aggressive frum national
Subject: Win thi$

http://www.megamillions.com

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665873)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:43 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666091)



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Date: September 30th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: pontificating primrose theater stage ratface



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#36930010)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:28 PM
Author: Citrine Ceo Ticket Booth

Cops don't make that much starting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665911)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:47 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666135)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:57 PM
Author: geriatric ultramarine philosopher-king

that's poverty wages in that city

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666235)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:59 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666262)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: Wine institution jap

lol...you jumped directly from the #1 most expensive US metro to the #2.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669415)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: Ocher Mentally Impaired School Cafeteria Chad

Poasting was the only reason that Peterman was able to achieve that. What say you to that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665816)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:24 PM
Author: Spruce trip hell pozpig

Its mostly white baby boomers rofl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665866)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:27 PM
Author: shivering base

I guess that's ok for their children as they can give them money and pass it on... unless you have a lot of brothers and sisters, then ur fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665899)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: Sable Set Kitty

lmao boomers booming it all away



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665943)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: shivering base

is that why they are called boomers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665992)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: duck-like sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665993)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:36 PM
Author: Spruce trip hell pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666005)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:45 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666110)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:31 PM
Author: Aggressive frum national

http://www.megamillions.com

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665939)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:45 PM
Author: Ruby thriller double fault



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666108)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:46 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666123)



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Date: September 30th, 2018 10:18 PM
Author: Wonderful den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#36929925)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:31 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

Wealth should not include equity in a primary residence.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665938)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: Citrine Ceo Ticket Booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665948)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: milky hateful affirmative action

(does not live in NYC/LA/SF)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665952)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

You need to live somewhere, so home equity is not a lump of investable cash.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665986)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:36 PM
Author: shivering base

if you live in a 2M home in NY then move to FL for retirement, it basically is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666002)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:55 PM
Author: razzle lilac theater

sure it is. can’t i remortgage the equity and continuously reinvest it in equities?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666201)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:58 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

What could go wrong?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666252)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:02 PM
Author: razzle lilac theater

yes, upside is generally accompanied by risk in modern financial markets. and therefore...you actually can’t reinvest the value represented by the equity in your home? cmon man.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666298)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:26 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

Because if the market tanks you could be underwater on your home. And if everyone does what you say then that will happen much sooner.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666551)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:18 AM
Author: ebony trump supporter

If the market tanks your stocks could lose value. If runaway inflation happens your cash could lose value. A lot of things could make your net worth decrease, but that doesn't mean it's *not* net worth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669407)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:57 PM
Author: milky hateful affirmative action

i do give some credit to the idea of marking home equity, 401K, 529, etc., to 0 in net worth calcs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666239)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:20 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666488)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 1:29 AM
Author: costumed quadroon nursing home

Everything other than home equity should count.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35675987)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:25 PM
Author: ebony trump supporter

Wealth =/= investable cash

Also, unless you live in a shack, you can sell your house and live somewhere cheaper.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666535)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:30 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

Just sell your house and live somewhere cheaper when it pulls your kid out of a good school district.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666603)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: ebony trump supporter

So? Spending your money means you can't use it on other things. That doesn't mean it's not part of your worth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669201)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:23 AM
Author: sick pearl stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669459)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: Cordovan range

not everyone lives in mom's basement forever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669416)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:24 PM
Author: ebony trump supporter

Why not?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666528)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:28 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

You almost certainly have familial and emotional obligations that make primary residence equity less fungible than, say, a stock portfolio. Primary residences are not simply another asset class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666586)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:23 AM
Author: sick pearl stage

i see what you're saying, but an asset being illiquid -/-> you don't count it in your net worth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669456)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 12:07 PM
Author: ebony trump supporter

I think that can be true for a lot of assets (cars, jewelry). There are other qualities that make assets more or less fungible, but I don't think they should be excluded from net worth (unless you're going to totally redefine what it means).

Maybe some other classification (easily investable worth?) makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669858)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: Sable Set Kitty

how is this possible, i thought an absurdly low number of boomers had even like 10K saved for retirement

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665947)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: Deranged Provocative Point Partner

Average wealth is >$900k, median is <$300k.

Rich outliers skew the numbers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665970)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: Spruce trip hell pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35665984)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:39 PM
Author: titillating jet brethren gay wizard

Median is 170 according to the article. Still sounds high to me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666035)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:49 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666142)



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Date: September 30th, 2018 10:23 PM
Author: Pink school

170 is high?

JFC none of you people live in New Jersey.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#36929944)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:36 PM
Author: Bright self-centered space

property rich, cash poor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666001)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:22 PM
Author: Contagious topaz dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666511)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: shivering base

it wouldn't surprise me if both were true.

I could see 1/7 people having 1M in assets.

I could also see 4/7 having less than 100K in assets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666012)



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Date: March 22nd, 2018 11:25 PM
Author: Apoplectic Forum Boistinker

didn't click but has to be including their home values

tons of boomers in CA and east coast are "millionaires" that way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35666544)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:20 AM
Author: motley narrow-minded haunted graveyard

A bunch of them rode the housing bubble all the way: bought in Los Altos for 250k and are now sitting on a 2.5 million house

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669425)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:09 AM
Author: bateful round eye giraffe

white or (((white)))?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669323)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:11 AM
Author: Frisky fat ankles associate

pretty sure it's like 6/7 for (((whites)))

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669338)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:13 AM
Author: Curious indian lodge

I’m probably a paper millionaire including home equity (including wife’s claim on assets).

Problem is a lot of it is home equity that I can’t easily access.

I still feel poor as fuck and am constantly nervous about me or wife getting Lathamed.

I’m (((white))), so make of that what you will.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669352)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:14 AM
Author: Frisky fat ankles associate

If your wife works say *we*. You by yourself are not a paper millionaire. You and your wife are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669360)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:15 AM
Author: Curious indian lodge

Fair. I edited before I saw your post.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669374)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: Frisky fat ankles associate

This works very well where the couple is committed to staying together forever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669394)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:17 AM
Author: Curious indian lodge

Neither of us is from a broken home, at least.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669397)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:14 AM
Author: bateful round eye giraffe

So you probably have lots of Jew gold buried in the backyard then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669361)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:16 AM
Author: Curious indian lodge

I should go check.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669388)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:15 AM
Author: spectacular jet-lagged gaping

damn among the xoxo cohort, like college educated whites and asians living in a top 15 population city and above age 40 i bet this number has to rise to like 1/4.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669385)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: spectacular jet-lagged gaping

other data: about 8% of households (calculated based on the 10mm millionaire figure assuming 125mm households) have $1mm in investable assets excluding home equity

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/22/record-number-of-millionaire-households-in-us.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669417)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:19 AM
Author: haunting temple

Is a million supposed to be a lot in 2018? That was a lot of money in 1985. It's nothing in 2018. I'm worth like $1.5 million. I still have to work. That amounting money just means if I get fired I can spend 6 months looking for a job instead of immediately selling a kidney or driving Uber. $5 million is the new $1 million just like 250k is the new $100k for a good salary. $100k now is nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669420)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:25 AM
Author: spectacular jet-lagged gaping

but tbf, $1mm gets you 30 years of $65k distributions assuming 6% returns.

So you already know you can retire at 65.

And you are young so if you can double that by 55 you probably could retire then (if OK to live on fixed income).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669478)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:21 AM
Author: Cordovan range

(guy who doesn't think 1 out of 7 xo posters are worth $1+ million)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35669433)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 3:13 PM
Author: Appetizing windowlicker

What percentage of households with members in their 30s have a net worth of 1 million?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#35671593)



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Date: September 30th, 2018 10:17 PM
Author: Marvelous party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#36929914)



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Date: September 30th, 2018 10:21 PM
Author: Pink school

A lot of Boomers are rich, news at 11.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3926199&forum_id=2#36929939)