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Net Worth Calculator
Your net worth is the value of all of your assets, minus
the total of all of your liabilities. Put another way, it is what
you own minus what you owe. If you owe more than you own, you have
a negative net worth. If you own more than you owe you will have a
positive net worth. This calculator helps you determine your net worth.
It also estimates how your net worth could grow (or shrink!) over
the next ten years. |
>>Definitions
- Home
- Current value of your home. This should be as close as possible
to the actual market value of your home. If you have owned your
home for a number of years, the current market value could be
significantly higher than your original purchase price.
- Other real estate
- The value of any other real-estate you may own. Include second
homes, undeveloped land, rental property or any commercial buildings
you may have an interest in. As with your home, use the actual
market value of this real-estate.
- Automobiles
- This is the total value of all automobiles that you own. Do
not include any leased vehicles.
- Other vehicles
- If you own any other vehicles, such as RVs, campers or collectibles,
enter them here.
- Jewelry
- The value of any jewelry, gems or precious metals such as
gold. If you have owned these items for a number of years they
may have appreciated in price, remember to use the current market
value.
- Household items
- The value of your household goods and items. This would include
items such as furniture, home electronics, silverware, etc.
- Checking and savings
- The current total balance of your checking and savings accounts.
- Retirement accounts
- The current total balance of your retirement accounts. This
should include IRAs, 401(k) savings, SEP IRAs, variable annuities
and any other retirement savings you may have.
- Savings bonds
- If you own any Savings Bonds enter the total here.
- Bonds
- If you own any Treasury, municipal, or commercial bonds enter
the total here.
- Mutual funds
- If you own any mutual funds, enter the total here. Do not
included any mutual funds that are in your retirement accounts,
they were already included in the "Retirement accounts" line.
- Stocks
- If you own any individual stocks, enter the total here. Again,
do not include any stocks that are held in a retirement account.
- Cash value of life insurance
- Some life insurance has a cash value. This is true for Whole
Life and Universal Life policies. Term Life policies, on the
other hand, have no cash value. If you have life insurance with
a cash value, enter the total here. Remember, this should be
the cash value of the policy, not the amount paid out if you
were to collect on the policy.
- Cash
- If you have any other cash, enter the total here.
- Other
- If you have any other assets of value, you can enter the total
here.
- Home mortgage principal
- This is the current principal balance remaining on your mortgage.
This is the amount that you would have to pay to own your home
free and clear.
- Other mortgage principal
- This is the current principal balance for any other real-estate
mortgages you may have. This includes mortgages on rental property,
undeveloped land, commercial property or any other real-estate.
- Auto loans
- Total amount you currently have outstanding on your auto loans.
- Student loans
- Total amount, if any, that you currently owe in college or
student loans. You should enter the total outstanding even if
these loans are currently in deferment.
- Other loans
- Total amount, if any, of any other loans you may have.
- Credit card debt
- Your total credit card debt.
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