Online Stock Trading Review 2013 | Best Online Trading Services | Stock Trading Online - TopTenREVIEWS. FreeStockCharts.com - Web's Best Streaming Realtime Stock Charts - Free. The 10 Investments That Made Paul Ryan a Millionaire. Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Thanks to the personal finance disclosure that members of congress are required to submit — and the folks at the Center for Responsive Politics who maintain a database of the documents — we were able to look into the investment decisions of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, who as of last week, is now the official Republican vice presidential nominee.
According to the documents, Ryan has benefited from a number of trusts and inheritances that make up most of his wealth, but his investments over the years have cemented his net worth somewhere between $927,000 and $3.2 million. We think that this is one of the rental properties Ryan bought. (Google Streetview) 1. A brief stint as a landlord made Ryan some early cash. He collected between $15,000 and $50,000 per year in rent from tenants, and in 2000 bought a fourth rental property. He flipped the real estate in 2001. 2. Wikimedia Commons 3. 4. Jamie Q Photography 5. Introduction To Level II Quotes. How the Richest 400 People in America Got So Rich. Yahoo! Editors have selected this article as a favorite of 2012. It first appeared on Yahoo! Finance in July and was one of the most popular stories of the month. Readers debated how people really get rich in the U.S., with user One-Eyed Jack commenting that "I would really like to know how many of the 400 were born into millions and how many actually made it on their own.
" In 1992, the 400th richest person in America made $24 million. In 2007, the 400th richest person in America made $138 million (or $87 million, inflation-adjusted). Now, that almost certainly wasn't the same guy. According to the IRS, which recently released 2009 data from the 400 richest individual income tax returns, the real runaway growth in wealth has come from capital gains. The average income of a top-400 earner grew by 650% between 1992 and 2007 to a whopping $344 million. Here's a look at the average salary and average capital gains income of a top-400 earner since 1992.
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