median
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The median net worth in the U.S. is about $200,000, yet Americans, on average, believe it takes a net worth of $5.3 million to be “financially successful” these days.
From MarketWatch
The December reading beat a median forecast for an 8.3% rise in a Wall Street Journal survey of 11 economists.
A FactSet analysis finds that among the stocks in the S&P 500 large-cap growth index, the median stock is priced at a lofty 26-times forecast earnings.
From MarketWatch
The December reading was exactly in line with the median forecast of a 2.3% increase in a Wall Street Journal poll of nine economists.
In the forward-looking “dot plot” published earlier this month, the median Fed official projected just one more rate cut in all of 2026, although the outlook varied widely among the 19 officials who submitted forecasts.
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