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Net Worth = Assets - Liabilities
Your net worth gives an overview of your financial situation at this point. It is the difference between what you own and what you owe.
Your net worth is positive if your assets exceed your liabilities.
A negative net worth is when your liabilities are greater than your assets.
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Calculating your assets and liabilities
Assets are anything of value that you own that can be converted into cash. Examples include:
- Investments
- Bank and brokerage accounts
- Retirement funds
- Real estate
- Personal property: vehicles, jewellery and collectables.
- Cash
Your...
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Find your ideal
Determine your target net worth - where you want to be in the near-term and long-term future.
The following formula is helpful:
Target Net Worth=[Your Age−25]∗[1/5∗Gross Annual Income]
A 50-year-old with a gross annual income of $75,000 might aim ...
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Know Your Net Worth
It can help you to determine when you are and how to get where you want to be.
- You can identify areas where you spend too much money. Do you need it or merely want it?
- Pay Down Debt. You can develop a plan for paying down debt.
- Your net worth figures can motivate you to...
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Net worth is what would be left if you were to sell everything you own and pay what you owe. If you have a positive net worth, continue working to increase your net worth, but if you have a negative net worth, analyze your budget and plan how to increase it.
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Your net worth is the total value of all your assets, minus all of your liabilities.
It is important to know your net worth so you can calculate how much progress you're making and how close you are to financial independence. Banks and investment advisors ...
Maintain a personal balance sheet
It’s a statement wherein you can jot down your assets and liabilities.
- Pull together your bank statements and other proofs of the liabilities
- List down your assets like the bank balance, all investments, home value, and value of other assets.
- Take a sum of all th...
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