Think $1 million makes you rich? Here’s what it takes to join America’s top 10%

In America, the wealth gap is turning into a chasm. As the stock market and AI boom mint wave after wave of new millionaires, wealth is consolidating at the top more than ever. Across three quarters of last year, ultra-wealthy Americans in the top .1% and the super rich in the top 1% held onto their highest shares of wealth ever recorded. Households in the top 1% increased their net worth by $1.8 million on average from between 2024 and early 2026, according to a new report from left...