It's not misleading, in fact it's how accounting/balance sheets work.
A new born baby with zero asset and zero liability has thus a net financial worth of 0, which is obviously more than someone indebted.
A new born baby with zero asset and zero liability has thus a net financial worth of 0, which is obviously more than someone indebted.
Your headline could be rephrased as "Someone who has a balance of 0 is wealthier than someone $100 overdraft" and you wouldn't blink.
What are you even questioning here??