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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by bko on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:12PM (#28910996)
Why is it meaningless? A lot of investment bankers quit, change professions or get laid off and can never re-enter the market. Just look at the number of analysts vs MDs and you'll see that the funnel gets a lot narrower at every stage. And you don't see many analysts in their 30s, so where do they go? There's a lot of turnover in the top 1% and 10%.

https://money.cnn.com/2016/01/07/news/economy/top-1/index.ht...

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Re:The wealthiest 10% of Americans own a record 89% of all U... by wing-_-nuts on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:25PM (#28911208)
There are lots of jobs that consistently pay multiple six figure comp. To compare them to someone who realizes a one time capital gain from an inheritance or whatever is laughable. The two are simply not the same.
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