How many millionaires are there in the US? Check out the latest stats to find out what percentage of Americans are millionaires.
Only 2 percent of the voting public does anything beyond simply voting in each election cycle. So only 2 percent of the voters are the real political activists – do the block walking, attend town halls or rallies, make phone calls for candidates or even make any attempt to influence their...
How do ultra wealthy people who inherited their wealth behave differently from those that earned it themselves? What is the Service Corp of Retired Executives (SCORE)? What are some public-listed companies with what Warren Buffett calls economic moat and ...
A recent study found 42 percent of Americans said they’ve kept or are keeping a financial secret from their partners. Thirty percent admit they’re spending more than their partner would be comfortable with, and 23 percent are hiding debt. ...
Just 4 percent of recent graduates certified to teach are Black—but other research shows that getting more Black teachers into classrooms would have a real impact on long-term educational achievement for Black students.1See, for example, Thomas S. Dee, “Teachers, race...
According to a study done by researchers at Experian Automotive, 61% of wealthy people actually drive Hondas, Toyotas and Fords, just like all the rest of us.
You aren’t likely to get wealthy from investing in T-bonds alone. Returns are typically around 2 percent to 5 percent, and they require putting your money away for a long time. There are other long-term investments with the potential for higher yields and more liquidity. However, investors...
They’re the absurdly wealthy who have more wealth than the remaining 99% (based on data from Credit Suisse). But what does it take to be in the 10%? 20%? Is it still stunningly wealthy? Or does the line drop quickly? We know that the average net worth of Americans is lower than...
We're told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable. We see ourselves as a nation of extroverts — which means that we've lost sight of who we really are. One-third to one-half of Americans are introverts — in the other words, one out of every two or...
No new tax on the wealthy The proposed bill doesn’t include a tax hike on the wealthiest Americans, and maintains 37 percent as the highest rate, despite reports that Trump had asked House Speaker Mike Johnson to include in the bill a new tax rate of 39.6 percent for high-income taxpayer...