Comment Re:no individual brand is as predictive... yeah (Score 1) 497
All people owing a Bentley are wealthy, all wealthy people do not own a Bentley. There are many people with wealth that own "average" automobiles and prefer to either invest their wealth for long term gain or simply don't wish to flaunt it. I believe what the study is attempting to ascertain is a minimum "wealth indicator" that many wealthy people are likely to possess while those of more meager means do not. As started, even the iPhone indicator is only 69% correct, so while not perfect it has a higher than average chance of making a correct prediction. What I did not see in the study was a breakdown if certain models had a higher successful predicative value. I would imagine an iPhone X would be more indicative of wealth than a second hand 5S.