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by ConcreteGidget 1996 days ago
Stock market. Coronavirus was financially beneficial for the corporate portion of the upper middle class.
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chii 1996 days ago
or the value of the dollar has dropped, which makes demand for equities higher (causing their price to rise).

You didn't create more wealth - the equities didn't become more productive (cept may be the tech companies did more this year and thus have a deserved rise in price).

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robjan 1996 days ago
You made 80k in dividends or appreciation in the value of your stocks? The latter is not usually considered as "income".
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