(NewsNation) — Investopedia reports the "American dream" present costs $4.4 million.
The study estimates a beingness household outgo of communal milestones, including getting married, raising children, buying a home, owning caller cars, redeeming for status and going connected yearly vacations.
Caleb Silver, editor-in-chief of Investopedia, said his squad examined "the wants, not the needs" for things they considered "reasonable expectations oregon aspirations."
"We are talking astir having capable to retire. Buying a caller car each fewer years, paying for a wedding, paying for a funeral, raising a mates of kids and sending them to a nationalist college," Silver said connected "Elizabeth Vargas Reports."
Investopedia's estimation, which has been adjusted for inflation, could spell up oregon down depending connected your lifestyle.
Presidential candidates volition marque their lawsuit connected controlling cost-of-living issues during Tuesday's debate, but Silver says the power lies successful the hands of the American people.
"If you deliberation that a statesmanlike campaigner is going to present that dream, imagination on," Silver said. "Because this is astir you and however overmuch you walk and however overmuch it costs to beryllium you."