15 signs that show you will be rich
Mon, 2010-10-25 10:54
How can you know if you are destined to be rich? According to this article, the 15 things that confirms you will be rich include:
1. Attractive men earn 9% more money than unattractive men; attractive women earn 4% more money than unattractive women.
2. Individuals with above-average IQs are only 1.2 times as likely as individuals with below-average IQs to have a high net worth. (you dont have to be a genius to be rich. A sharp academic brain is no guarantee of cash)
3. People who were popular in high school earn 10% more than people who weren't.
4. Graduates of popular universities (Cambridge etc) earn salaries 162% higher.
5. For every three inches taller than average they are, women earn 5 to 8% more money than women of average height; men earn 4 to 10% more for every extra three inches in height. (the taller you are, the better your chances of getting rich)
6. Being married and staying married increases your net worth by 77%. (bachelors and spinsters beware)
7. Drinkers earn 10 to 14% more money than abstainers. (being a drunkard gives you money? 
8. Those who earned undergraduate degrees in petroleum engineering earn salaries over four times as high as those who earned undergraduate degrees in child and family studies.
9. Each one-unit increase in a typical young person's body mass index is associated with an 8% reduction in wealth. (Fat people are less likely to be rich :& )
10. 22% of American households headed by persons of Russian ancestry have a net worth of $1 million or more.
11. 21% of white Americans and only 2% of African Americans and 8% of Hispanics buy real estate or make other investments at young ages, which economists consider a key predictor of future wealth. (real estate is a wealth generator)
12. Blond women earn 7% more money than non-blonds.
13. Nonsmokers' net worth is about 50% higher than that of light smokers, and more than twice as much as that of heavy smokers. (simple: smoking cost money)
14. 36% of American children born to parents in the uppermost economic bracket remain there as adults. (the rich only gets richer)
15. 54% of American children who are born to parents in the uppermost economic bracket and who then earn college degrees remain at the top. (the rich only gets richer)
Thu, 2011-07-28 13:58
#2
I actaully know a lot of tall, slim, well educated guys that are poor as a church rat.
Sun, 2011-07-31 06:09
#3
this list is biased. proof:
12. Blond women earn 7% more money than non-blonds.
Where does the black man fit it here 
4. Graduates of popular universities (Cambridge etc) earn salaries 162% higher.
Granted they have more connections within the rich boys clubs, even uneducated people have become billionaires. Fact is you need not go to school to be rich.
My conclusion? This is a racist, one sided list probably meant for white America. Rubbish 
Fri, 2011-08-05 14:53
#4
This list was probably drawn from a "foreign" perspective. We need one for naija.
This is ridiculously funny and near sighted. Half of the points make no sense. I can summarise it thus. To be rich, you have to:
1. be above 6 foot tall
2. drink a lot
3. be slim like a bean pole
4. Have blond hair (black people need to figure out how to have blond hair)
5. Be of Russian ancestry
6. Go to a high society school
7. Be pretty or handsome