"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money."
Senator Everett Dirksen (1896-1969)
~~~ Need an investment tip? ~~~
The answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?":
Michael Jordan having "retired," with $40 million in endorsements, he makes $178,100 a day, working or not.
If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head.
If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there.
If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.
He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage.
He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.
If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours.
If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.
He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round.
Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account (401k), his contributions will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st.
If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you 'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year.
He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics, and about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon.
While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.
This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined.
Amazing isn't it? However...
If Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 450 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today.
Ob es wohl Bill G. ähnlich ergeht, der sicherlich nicht (zumindest nicht offiziell) einen PC mit BeOS, MacOS oder Linux besitzt?: "I thought about being rich but it doesn't really mean so much. Just look at Henry Ford -- all those
millions and he never owned a Cadillac."
(Frei übersetzt: "Es ist doch gar nicht so toll, reich zu sein. Denken Sie nur an Henry Ford - all diese Millionen, aber er hatte nie einen Cadillac...") Anonymous