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on Saturday January 27 2018, @12:43PM
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
from the I-got-mine!-And-Yours.-And-Yours.-Annnnnd-yours,-too. dept.
The 1% grabbed 82% of all wealth created in 2017
More than $8 of every $10 of wealth created last year went to the richest 1%.
That's according to a new report from Oxfam International, which estimates that the bottom 50% of the world's population saw no increase in wealth.
Oxfam says the trend shows that the global economy is skewed in favor of the rich, rewarding wealth instead of work.
"The billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system," said Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International.
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Only 1% of World's Population Grabbed 82% of all 2017 Wealth
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(Score: 2) by mmcmonster on Monday January 29 2018, @12:27AM
Thanks for at least keeping an open mind. My hope is to educate some people on using index funds to invest.
The fact of the matter is, while any particular year can be fantastically good or horrible, over the long term the market gets over 6% return per year.
The key to making that yourself is to use low cost index funds and to keep your money in the funds and not take it out when the going gets rough, because the market WILL go bad for years at a time. But time in the market is more important than money in the market.
Read a good forum, such as https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php [bogleheads.org] or read a short primer such as If You can by Bernstein: https://www.etf.com/docs/IfYouCan.pdf [etf.com]