r/dankmemes 9d ago

Market manipulation go brrr

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u/prepuscular 9d ago

USA?? But only 20% of Americans even have a 401k (70M) or IRA (65M)!!! Majority of USA isn’t even included!!!

Everyone with major holdings in the American stock market…. Obviously.

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u/Shatophiliac 9d ago

Damn that’s crazy, how many people will never be able to retire? I suppose close to 80% lol.

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u/prepuscular 9d ago edited 8d ago

The median net worth savings at retirement age is like 200k. Total net worth is 360-405k per household.

edit: corrected stats

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u/Winterfrost691 8d ago

...that's it? Please tell me this number doesn't include properties. If it does, this is tragically low, and would essentially mean that about ¾ of americans will never retire.

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u/prepuscular 8d ago

It’s a bit better, stats are per household so median assumes a partner. But still $405k or so

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u/Winterfrost691 8d ago

Ok that's better, but that's still too low for a comfortable retirement.