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SoFi CEO:现在收入10万美元“很难实现美国梦”

CHLOE BERGER
2023-06-02

传说中的美国梦的标志是买房子和最终顺利退休。

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SoFi CEO安东尼·诺托称,他能理解收入为低六位数的处境。摄影:CHRISTOPHER GOODNEY —— 彭博社/盖蒂图片社

这位银行CEO与众不同,或者至少他希望你这样认为,因为他声称他清楚客户面临的困境。本周,在摩根大通(JPMorgan)投资者大会上,SoFi Technologies公司首席执行官安东尼·诺托表示:“从许多方面来看,由于各种原因,现在收入10万美元以上的人很难实现美国梦,他们需要一家关系银行。”

诺托提到昂贵的大学学费时解释称,许多上班族毕业后“陷入困境,并且没有能力进行投资。”他说的很对。高等教育的高昂学费让年轻人从一开始就陷入经济困境,可以说让他们很难像前辈们一样积攒财富,实现财务上的重要里程碑。

他表示:“如果他们买一套太大的房子,就无法储蓄,要一直面临入不敷出的状况。”他解释称,他的公司愿意帮助这些年轻人进行投资。公平地说,这位金融科技公司的首席执行官设想SoFi将为许多(或所有)此类问题提供解决方案。

作为金融科技巨头,SoFi是金融服务和应用的结合体,主要开展学生贷款和个人贷款业务,每个季度发放数十亿美元贷款,但正如投资机构Motley Fool所说,市场似乎对该公司有所怀疑。今年,SoFi的股价上涨约10%,不足基准科技股指数纳斯达克综合指数涨幅的一半。

关于因为学生贷款而未能实现的美国梦,诺托的公司起诉美国政府,希望停止学生贷款暂停还款政策,因为学生贷款是该公司的重要业务。美国国会议员阿亚娜·普莱斯利(马萨诸塞州第七区)和参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦(马萨诸塞州民主党)在4月发表的一份声明中表示:“SoFi试图结束学生贷款暂停还款,强迫数以百万计的美国人还款,同时攫取巨额收入,并发放高额高管薪酬,这充分体现了该公司的贪婪。”

诺特的话揭示了一个根本的真相。在高通胀期间,许多人尤其是受到市场波动影响更大和毕业时背负更高债务的年轻人,意识到美国梦难以实现,或者他们无力承担实现美国梦的成本。工资上涨速度落后于通货膨胀,这对于从事初级岗位的人影响更大。这导致许多千禧一代的观点与诺特基本类似,认为低六位数工资不再是他们的目标。我们很容易发现,即使年收入10万美元,储蓄也在不断减少,因为Morning Consult公司的调查显示,年收入超过10万美元的家庭,与一年前相比财务状况下滑幅度最大。

传说中的美国梦的标志是买房子和最终顺利退休,这些一直都是很难实现的目标,而目前面临财务不安全的年轻人已经开始感受到实现这些目标的压力。一些Z世代和千禧一代遇上了艰难的房地产市场,因此为了维持生计和支付账单,他们选择了啃老。而且退休的标准也已经发生了变化,现在专家们预测,即使100万美元也不足以维持舒适的退休生活。

美国人和诺特都感觉,即使收入超过10万美元也微不足道。29岁的科技行业从业者凯利对《财富》杂志的艾丽西亚·亚当奇克表示:“与以前的人们相比,12.5万美元感觉远远不够。我的父母靠这样的收入抚养了四个孩子。我曾经期望能靠这笔收入过上舒适的生活。”

大多数千禧一代和Z世代(61%)在2022年对银行应用Dave and Harris Poll表示,他们对于实现自己的目标缺乏信心。现在,许多人认为自己无法实现未来的梦想,无论是美国梦还是其他。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

这位银行CEO与众不同,或者至少他希望你这样认为,因为他声称他清楚客户面临的困境。本周,在摩根大通(JPMorgan)投资者大会上,SoFi Technologies公司首席执行官安东尼·诺托表示:“从许多方面来看,由于各种原因,现在收入10万美元以上的人很难实现美国梦,他们需要一家关系银行。”

诺托提到昂贵的大学学费时解释称,许多上班族毕业后“陷入困境,并且没有能力进行投资。”他说的很对。高等教育的高昂学费让年轻人从一开始就陷入经济困境,可以说让他们很难像前辈们一样积攒财富,实现财务上的重要里程碑。

他表示:“如果他们买一套太大的房子,就无法储蓄,要一直面临入不敷出的状况。”他解释称,他的公司愿意帮助这些年轻人进行投资。公平地说,这位金融科技公司的首席执行官设想SoFi将为许多(或所有)此类问题提供解决方案。

作为金融科技巨头,SoFi是金融服务和应用的结合体,主要开展学生贷款和个人贷款业务,每个季度发放数十亿美元贷款,但正如投资机构Motley Fool所说,市场似乎对该公司有所怀疑。今年,SoFi的股价上涨约10%,不足基准科技股指数纳斯达克综合指数涨幅的一半。

关于因为学生贷款而未能实现的美国梦,诺托的公司起诉美国政府,希望停止学生贷款暂停还款政策,因为学生贷款是该公司的重要业务。美国国会议员阿亚娜·普莱斯利(马萨诸塞州第七区)和参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦(马萨诸塞州民主党)在4月发表的一份声明中表示:“SoFi试图结束学生贷款暂停还款,强迫数以百万计的美国人还款,同时攫取巨额收入,并发放高额高管薪酬,这充分体现了该公司的贪婪。”

诺特的话揭示了一个根本的真相。在高通胀期间,许多人尤其是受到市场波动影响更大和毕业时背负更高债务的年轻人,意识到美国梦难以实现,或者他们无力承担实现美国梦的成本。工资上涨速度落后于通货膨胀,这对于从事初级岗位的人影响更大。这导致许多千禧一代的观点与诺特基本类似,认为低六位数工资不再是他们的目标。我们很容易发现,即使年收入10万美元,储蓄也在不断减少,因为Morning Consult公司的调查显示,年收入超过10万美元的家庭,与一年前相比财务状况下滑幅度最大。

传说中的美国梦的标志是买房子和最终顺利退休,这些一直都是很难实现的目标,而目前面临财务不安全的年轻人已经开始感受到实现这些目标的压力。一些Z世代和千禧一代遇上了艰难的房地产市场,因此为了维持生计和支付账单,他们选择了啃老。而且退休的标准也已经发生了变化,现在专家们预测,即使100万美元也不足以维持舒适的退休生活。

美国人和诺特都感觉,即使收入超过10万美元也微不足道。29岁的科技行业从业者凯利对《财富》杂志的艾丽西亚·亚当奇克表示:“与以前的人们相比,12.5万美元感觉远远不够。我的父母靠这样的收入抚养了四个孩子。我曾经期望能靠这笔收入过上舒适的生活。”

大多数千禧一代和Z世代(61%)在2022年对银行应用Dave and Harris Poll表示,他们对于实现自己的目标缺乏信心。现在,许多人认为自己无法实现未来的梦想,无论是美国梦还是其他。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

This bank CEO is not like the other girls, or at least he doesn’t want you to think he is, as he asserts that he knows his customers are struggling. “In many ways, someone today that’s making $100,000-plus really struggles to live the American Dream for a variety of different reasons, and they need a relationship bank,” Anthony Noto, the chief executive of SoFi Technologies, said in a JPMorgan investor conference this week.

Citing the hefty price of going to college, Noto explains that many workers are graduating and “going to be in a hole and they can’t invest.” He’s not wrong. The price of higher education is starting younger generations off on the wrong economic foot, so to speak, making it hard for them to build wealth and reach the same financial milestones as previous cohorts.

“If they buy a home that’s too big relative to their means, they’re not going to be able to save and they’re going to constantly be running over budget,” he adds, explaining that’s where his company would like to come in to help these individuals invest. To be fair, the executive of the fintech company was framing SoFi as the solution to many (or all) of these problems.

As a giant in the fintech space, straddling the line between financial services and an app, SoFi is active in student and personal loans, originating billions every quarter, but as the Motley Fool notes, the market seems skeptical. Its stock is up about 10% this year, but that’s less than half the increase of the Nasdaq Composite, a benchmark index for tech stocks.

And about that unattainable American Dream because of student loans thing, Noto’s company has sued the government in order to try to stop the pause on student loans, because that’s a huge plank of its business. “SoFi’s attempt to end the student loan payment pause and force millions of Americans into repayment while raking in massive revenues and handing out huge executive paychecks represents corporate greed at its worst,” Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said in a statement in April.

Still, there’s an underlying truth to Noto’s words. During a time of high inflation, many, especially younger individuals who are more impacted by market volatility and graduated with greater debt, have realized that the American Dream is no longer accessible or affordable. Wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation, which impacts those with entry-level jobs at a greater level. It’s all led to many millennials sounding a bit like a SoFi Technologies guy, stating that a low six figure salary isn’t the goal anymore. It’s easier to see savings be chipped away at even with a $100,000 annual pay, as a poll from Morning Consult showed that households that made more than $100,000 yearly experience the greatest drop in financial well-being compared to a year ago.

It doesn’t help that the hallmarks of the storied American Dream were buying a home and eventually retiring, things that have always been quite difficult but have started to feel trying for the youth of today that’s grappling with a bit more financial insecurity. Aging into a difficult housing market, some Gen Z and millennials are depending on their parents in order to get by and afford their bills. The bench post for retirement has also moved, as experts now project that even $1 million is too low for a comfortable retirement.

Even more than $100,00 feels paltry to Americans and Noto alike. “Compared to past generations, $125,000 doesn’t feel like enough anymore,” Kelly, age 29 who works in tech, tells Fortune’s Alicia Adamczyk, “My parents, they raised four children on that. I had this expectation that when you make all this money, you can live a comfortable life.

And a majority of (61%) of millennials and Gen Zers told banking app Dave and Harris Poll in 2022 that they lack confidence they can afford their goals. It’s gotten to the point where many don’t think they can afford their dream future, America’s dream or not.

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