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Asia Now Has More Millionaires Than North America

We had spotted some stats on the number of millionaires in the world - we also know, that millionaires mostly want to emigrate to developed places - we spotted his today:

"Last year, for the first time ever, Asia had more millionaires than North America, according to a new study. According to the World Wealth Report from Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management, North America's millionaire population declined slightly to 3.4 million in 2011 while Asia's grew by 1.6 percent, giving them slightly more than 3.4 million.

Globally, there are now about 11 million individuals with investible assets of $1 million or more (not including their primary residence)."

Statistics Source: Yahoo Finance

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