# How much stock is needed to generate an average annual income - say, 30K-40K?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-stock-is-needed-to-generate-an-average-annual-income-say-30k-40k/323792 "2005-09-28T03:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-stock-is-needed-to-generate-an-average-annual-income-say-30k-40k/323792/41 "2005-09-29T04:42:47Z")

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The factual question has long since been answered, so I’ll just go ahead and close this thread. Feel free to continue the debate in the appropriate forum.

bibliophage  
moderator GQ

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