Wow, 6.4% is a lot indeed. Here in Brazil my family has around usd$1.5mi in investible assets(excluding their real state and cars). I bet it accounts for less than 1% of our population, anyway we live a pretty humble life compared to americans, if an american look at us he will say we are just the struggling middle class family.
People may think brazilian life is cheap, true for tourists who buy just food and souvenirs, but actually everything here is insanely expensive because of high taxing, for example we pay usd$120k for an Audi TT Roadster(which should be the R8 price), in US it's just a "measly" $40-$50k.
Here you need to have millions to maintain an average middle class american life style. I've been to US and I must say, americans are blessed. Life in US is just way too easy compared to ours no matter if it's during a major crisis or not, virtually nobody over there earns less than usd$1k/month for a full time job, here $250/month is completely normal, not to say about our higher unemployment rate. Luckly if my business ventures work out soon I'll be able to push my personal assets to at least over usd$3-5mi allowing me to live a better life, I do hope so. What a big rant lol.

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