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Here's the original source, which has the raw data with less editorializing: http://www.fidelity.com/inside-fidelity/individual-investing...

And here's the same survey from last year for comparison: http://www.fidelity.com/inside-fidelity/corporate/fidelity-s...

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The title was based on this paragraph. Only those that did not already feel wealthy contributed to the $7.5M figure.

among those who classified themselves as not feeling wealthy, the investable asset level needed to begin to feel wealthy is $7.5 million.

Of the 58 percent of millionaires who say they feel wealthy -- up slightly from 54 percent in 2009 -- they began to feel so at $1.75 million in investable assets,

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