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Net Worth Defined With Precision

Net worth, the yard stick for comparing financial success is a loosely defined term (irritatingly so to our brains).  See our diagram for the break down of "total" vs "investable" net worth.  After you read this you'll be able to cut through the TV / magazine / cocktail party net worth jibber jabber and use the term correctly.

Financial Literacy, Net Worth

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Net Worth Defined With Precision
Net Worth Defined With Precision

Net Worth Defined With Precision

Net worth, the yard stick for comparing financial success is a loosely defined term (irritatingly so to our brains). See our diagram for the break down of "total" vs "investable" net worth. After you read ...

Financial Literacy, Net Worth

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Why Higher Income Doesn’t Always Equal Higher Net Worth

Why Higher Income Doesn’t Always Equal Higher Net Worth

When people talk about being wealthy or “rich,” they rarely pause to define wealth—this is true when you’re talking to a neighbor but also often true when you’re reading about wealth in the newspaper. So ...

Net Worth

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Five Ways to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Five Ways to Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Identity thieves are out to steal your personal information so they can borrow in your name, access your benefits, or drain your accounts before you notice. There are a few simple steps you can take ...

Risk Reduction

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What Categories Should Be in My Budget?
  • March 25, 2018
  • by Emily

What Categories Should Be in My Budget?

The key to creating an effective budget, whether you’re creating a monthly or annual budget or planning a budget for an upcoming vacation, is that you need to account for everything. The numbers on your ...

Personal Finance, Budgeting

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Smart Spenders Recognize Quality and Pay for It Gladly
  • March 14, 2018
  • by Emily

Smart Spenders Recognize Quality and Pay for It Gladly

As a society we tend to judge each other on how we spend. So and so is “cheap”, or so and so “spends too much”... How much a person spends in dollars is a limited ...

Personal Finance, Budgeting

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The Idea of Utility and Why It Matters for Budgeting

The Idea of Utility and Why It Matters for Budgeting

Utility is the overall usefulness you get from something. Everyone instinctively makes decisions based on utility all the time, but do you consider it when you make a big purchase or setup a budget?

Financial Literacy, Budgeting

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How and Why (Or Why Not) to Set Up a Trust Fund
  • February 27, 2018
  • by Emily

How and Why (Or Why Not) to Set Up a Trust Fund

You might associate trust funds with spoiled, free spending 20-somethings, but chances are most beneficiaries of trust funds wouldn’t be immediately recognizable. Trust funds are a tool to protect your assets, to ensure that your ...

Family and Finances

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Twelve Reasons I Sleep Well at Night While Investing

Twelve Reasons I Sleep Well at Night While Investing

When I was in my early 20’s I was adverse to the idea of putting money into retirement accounts. I knew on a basic level that my money was “safe” at my credit union and ...

Personal Finance

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Is It Better to Be Hourly or Salary?

Is It Better to Be Hourly or Salary?

In terms of raw take home pay, hourly can be much better compared to a salaried job with long hours. Salaried people should know their equivalent hourly wage especially when working more than 40 hours ...

Personal Finance

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Can (And Should) You Retire Overseas?
  • January 26, 2018
  • by Emily

Can (And Should) You Retire Overseas?

Moving abroad after retirement is an attractive idea, but there are many things to consider. Perhaps you’re daunted by the amount you need to save for a comfortable retirement in the United States? Or maybe ...

Family and Finances

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2017 Results for CPI, Stocks, Bonds - Calculators Updated

2017 Results for CPI, Stocks, Bonds - Calculators Updated

Our calculators have been updated with 2017 data for CPI, S&P 500, bond, and cash returns.

Announcements

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Understanding Net Worth

Understanding Net Worth

Net worth is a way of measuring your progress towards financial goals. It is calculated by adding up the net market value of your assets and subtracting all your debts. If you want to build ...

Financial Literacy, Net Worth

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A Tool To Compare Spending Choices
  • December 26, 2017
  • by Emily

A Tool To Compare Spending Choices

Could you cut $100 from your monthly spending and invest it instead? What about paying ahead on your mortgage? If you did, how much of a difference would it make?

Personal Finance

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