Small access points seed compound wealth growth over decades

Evidence

That single share of McDonald’s stock, purchased in the 1960s, is worth $60,000 as of early 2020. … Susan’s story illustrates how financial privilege can start with something as small as an access point—one share of McDonald’s stock and a friend who “knew a guy”—and balloon into extraordinary wealth. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 451

Categorization

• SHARE: A single 1960s McDonald’s share now worth $60,000 is a vivid elevator fact for someone into markets/history.
• XREF: connects to: Small policy wins compound into durable structural advantage over time — Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in…, 92; Small early retirement contributions compound into meaningful tax benefits.; Small-cap stocks historically outperformed large-cap stocks by about 40 basis points monthly — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 422
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Small policy wins compound into durable structural advantage over time — Mikael Persson and Anders Sundell, Blocking the Poor: Status Quo Bias in…, 92; Small early retirement contributions compound into meaningful tax benefits.; Small-cap stocks historically outperformed large-cap stocks by about 40 basis points monthly — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 422