Net worth increase 2022 (i.e. the 'present' you give yourself)

[fartface]

Net Worth

1997: $13,385

2000: $87,890

Had three babies and didn't track the stash between 2001 - 2004

2005: $240,000
2006: $308,000
2007: $325,000

2008 - 2009 CRASH lost my records on an old computer hard drive, but I'm secretly glad I can't find these numbers - know they were terrible

2010: $383,000
2011: $512,000
2012: $585,000
2013: $650,000 +DH FIRE'd @ age 43 & I found MMM

2014: $755,000

[Ambergris]

Lots of people with really impressive, big changes this last year or so. I'm a single person, earning <70k for most of this time, so mine is not so impressive,  but here we go:

Dec 2012: 353197
Dec 2013: 477301
Dec 2014: 521288

So nice, but only about a 44k increase for the last year. Can't say I'm complaining, though :)

[wing117]

Almost to the six figures, but not quite!

Jan of 2013: -$8,200
Jan of 2014: $34,101
Jan of 2014: $80,405 (So far)

46.3K increase. Not bad!

[Pooplips]

Student loans are a bitch.

Before tracking I was way negative my wife and I with a load of student loans.

4/4/13 -$44k
12/27/13 -$18k
11/26/14 +$32k

[Laeklar]

I agree about student loans... :(

Net Worth 12/27/13: -$343,441
Net Worth 12/26/14: -$279,390

Net worth improvement from end of 2013 to end of 2014: $64,051... Only 4+ years to go to hit $0 net worth if I keep on my current trajectory... *sigh*

[mm1970]

Hm.
2013: $1.69M
2014: $1.92M

[Glenstache]

I agree about student loans... :(

Net Worth 12/27/13: -$343,441
Net Worth 12/26/14: -$279,390

Net worth improvement from end of 2013 to end of 2014: $64,051... Only 4+ years to go to hit $0 net worth if I keep on my current trajectory... *sigh*

Yikes that's a lot of student loans. I hope you have a good career out of it. Good job on churning on working them down, though. Keep it up.

[dunhamjr]

Paying off debt increases your net worth. Net worth is assets minus liabilities.

yeah i screwed up.  i was posting up numbers just from my investment accounts.
i just moved over to mint (nov/dec) and dont really have much in the way of accurate net worth numbers.

mint is telling me my net worth Jan 2015 is $532k.
i will have to be sure to watch this so i can make sure it hits at least $632k next year.

[LiveLean]

Net worth up 20 percent in 2014 despite one of worst years income wise ever. (I've been self-employed since 1999). Combination of stock market appreciation and hitting a home run on a foreclosure that will be a rental property/second home for now and a future FIRE home when I'm not living in a Sprinter Van.

Of course, I spent far more time than usual in 2014 on my investments and assets, which contributed to lesser year of income. I plan to take the same approach in 2015.

[anz.sp]

All amounts in AUD. Moving to a low tax country two years ago helped the savings rate significantly. Also I took 6 months off work in 2015.

2012: 312k
2013: 432k
2014: 678k
2015: 818k (as of Nov 1st)


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[Feefers]

New to the forum!

Jan 2014: $3,500
Jan 2015: $16,000
Nov 2015:$57,800

[CanIndian]

Nov 2011: -15,000 (debt -35,000)
Dec 2012: 1,000 (debt -30,000) hit positive NW.
Dec 2013: 10,200
Dec 2014: 48,500
Dec 2015: 90000 expected
Moving to a developed country from a developing one mid 2013 and hitting the 6 figure GAI benchmark immediately afterwards helped raise the savings rate and NW higher.

So the increase of 41500 for 2015 is the highest NW increase for me, as has been the norm for mostly everyone on this forum.

[stacheasaurus]

Pretty new to the forum! 

Jan 2015: -11.5k
Nov 2015: 2k

increase of $13.5k!

[Vertical Mode]

2014: ~$72k
2015: ~$97k

~35% by my math. Pretty good year!

[marty998]

Who necro'd this thread? Anyway while it's here, I'll edit the 1st post to 2015...

Come on guys and gals, spill the beans. How well did you do this year.

I started at around $419k and will end at about $534k. An increase of ~115k to the bucket.

Pretty good year :D though I actually had a bigger 2013 due to some higher shares and property value gains.

2012 - $295k
2013 - $419k
2014 - $534k

20 November 2015 I'm at $704,000. Hovering around this $700 mark with sharemarkets going down and up.

2016 is going to be pretty ordinary in comparison, and I'll tippie toe my way to about $775,000. There won't be any realestate  gains at all - they may even be negative.

[Tjat]

2014: $255K
2015: $388K

Increase of $133K. We renovated the house a bit in 2014, so some of that is driven by a real estate increase of about $40K.

[mr_orange]

2014 Ending - $1,013,000
2015 Ending (Projected) - $1,204,000

Increase should be roughly $191k or so; our best year to date.  We were hoping for a grander increase, but some sales have slipped into 2016 we were expecting to book profits for this year.  I'm hoping to clear $500k or more in net worth gains for next year assuming the stock market and Austin real estate market don't tank. 

[Pooperman]

Beginning of the year: ~19k
July 14th (last day before first paycheck after being unemployed): ~7k (value of my car)
End of 2014: ~25k

End of 2015 looks to be around $57,500.

[FrugalFan]

Some amazing increases! Am waiting on our very late pension statement for the year to post our update.

[2Birds1Stone]

Didn't do too well this year. Mainly due to poor investment choices before discovering MMM and a pay cut at the old job.

1/2010 - $15,000
1/2011 - $30,000
1/2012 - $45,000
1/2013 - $65,000
1/2014 - $90,000
1/2015 - $105,500

1/2016 - 158,000 (Projected)

w00h00 +$53,000 / +50.2% this year

[Pooplips]

Student loans are a bitch.

Before tracking I was way negative my wife and I with a load of student loans.

4/4/13 -$44k
12/27/13 -$18k
11/26/14 +$32k

11/20/2015 - (+)$ 92,790 Amazing year in 2015.

[FrugalLakes]

This was my first year following MMM and tracking net worth.  2015 increase of 39,000.

[spud1987]

1/1/15 we were around 600k (my Mint accounts were messed up recently so I'm not exactly sure)

1/1/16 projected to be around 820k

Not bad for a flat market! Although we did probably earn about 20k in combined rental/dividend income. Plus I got lucky with an option trade back in August and that earned me about 4k in gains.

[Bracken_Joy]

1/1/15- $0
11/20/15- $29,800

We haven't been tracking long, but January marked $0 net worth, which is a convenient starting point. (We didn't combine finances fully until this year, so before that, numbers are unclear).

We're now at just around $30k, depending on how the market is going. Hoping to finish the year around $33k, but we will see.

I think $30k in one year isn't too shabby, considering we make about $90k per year, paid two months of overlapping rent, and got married.

[Vertical Mode]

1/1/15- $0
11/20/15- $29,800

We haven't been tracking long, but January marked $0 net worth, which is a convenient starting point. (We didn't combine finances fully until this year, so before that, numbers are unclear).

We're now at just around $30k, depending on how the market is going. Hoping to finish the year around $33k, but we will see.

I think $30k in one year isn't too shabby, considering we make about $90k per year, paid two months of overlapping rent, and got married.

Not too shabby at all. Great work! The hardest part is getting the ball rolling at the beginning, when your contributions move the needle the most.

[Bracken_Joy]

1/1/15- $0
11/20/15- $29,800

We haven't been tracking long, but January marked $0 net worth, which is a convenient starting point. (We didn't combine finances fully until this year, so before that, numbers are unclear).

We're now at just around $30k, depending on how the market is going. Hoping to finish the year around $33k, but we will see.

I think $30k in one year isn't too shabby, considering we make about $90k per year, paid two months of overlapping rent, and got married.

Not too shabby at all. Great work! The hardest part is getting the ball rolling at the beginning, when your contributions move the needle the most.

Yeah, unfortunately (or fortunately?) the NW is split by about $45k student loans (debt!) and $75k assets. So depending on how the market goes, we could grow pretty quickly next year. Of course, we also plan to buy a house, so there's that...

It is interesting to see people's NW without context, because I feel like $0 in general is very different from $100k in debt plus $100k assets, depending on what the rates on your loans are like!

PS- thank you =) This mustachianism thing really works!

[sol]

The year is not quite over yet, but it looks like we're on track  for our net worth to increase by 85% of our reported gross income, despite only having a savings rate of around 60%. 

I always exclude my primary residence from these calculations though, because I expect to always have a home (and its associated expenses) and so I don't anticipate selling.  If I were to include it, it would be more like 98% of income.

[KittyFooFoo]

The year is not quite over yet, but it looks like we're on track  for our net worth to increase by 85% of our reported gross income, despite only having a savings rate of around 60%. 

I always exclude my primary residence from these calculations though, because I expect to always have a home (and its associated expenses) and so I don't anticipate selling.  If I were to include it, it would be more like 98% of income.

Sorry, what does this mean exactly?  You saved 60% of net, probably kept your taxes down, and then had some other asset appreciation (maybe other real estate?) which bumped your NW increase to 85% gross?

[sol]

Sorry, what does this mean exactly?  You saved 60% of net, probably kept your taxes down, and then had some other asset appreciation (maybe other real estate?) which bumped your NW increase to 85% gross?

We saved/contributed about 60% of gross income (53% to 68%, depending on how you count it) and returns on assets already owned made up the rest of the gains to our net worth. Stocks didn't do so great this year, so it was mostly real estate this time around.

[TheFirstMan]

Fun thread!

We're up 142K to 416K in 2015, with a month to go, on a gross income this calendar year of 75K.

Woot!

[mrteacher]

Up just under $27k since 1/1/15. I'd really like to hit $30k by the new year; I'll need an especially frugal December combined with some solid market returns.

[pharmmm]

Per mint:

November 2014:-280,019
November 2015:-139,713

Change:$140,306

[KzooKendrick]

Love this thread! I keep track of my NW monthly in Excel since I graduated college and found MMM.

Here it is:

Dec 2012: -$50K (College Debt + Car Debt)
Dec 2013: -$15K (Sold Car and found MMM)
Dec 2014: +$5K
Dec 2015: +$50K (Projected - Promotion in 2015 didn't hurt either :)

As you can see I found MMM in 2013 and have been going non-stop from there!

[FrugalFan]

Per mint:

November 2014:-280,019
November 2015:-139,713

Change:$140,306

That's amazing! Especially when interest works against you rather than with you. I don't know if that pace is sustainable but you will be debt free soon!

[the_gastropod]

Per mint:

November 2014:-280,019
November 2015:-139,713

Change:$140,306

That is seriously impressive! Keep on cruisin'!

[umterp1999]

Some amazing increases! Am waiting on our very late pension statement for the year to post our update.

How do you factor pension into NW? 

[FrugalFan]

Some amazing increases! Am waiting on our very late pension statement for the year to post our update.

How do you factor pension into NW?

It probably varies by place of employment but we are fully vested in our pension, which means if we left our jobs today or FIRED, we could take that money with us. We contribute 8% of gross salary per month, and our employer contributes a 6% match. Every year, they send us a pension statement in the fall that includes those amounts plus the performance of the pension investments based on market conditions. So we only know the true amount once a year, which is a bummer when trying to keep track of NW, but it is fun to add that big chunk once a year. Except they are already over one month late in getting us the numbers this year and I am itching to update our NW number!

[Zaga]

So far this year has been slower than the last 3 for net worth growth.  Obviously I don't trust any numbers until it's Jan 1, the market has been far too volatile.

Our savings rate is looking like it will be a tiny bit higher than our best year before this, so yay!

[sparky28]

Nov '13 - $104k
Nov '14 - $142k
Nov '15 - $183k

Day to day, sometimes feel like I'm treading water, it's great to look at the bigger picture.

[umterp1999]

Some amazing increases! Am waiting on our very late pension statement for the year to post our update.

How do you factor pension into NW?

It probably varies by place of employment but we are fully vested in our pension, which means if we left our jobs today or FIRED, we could take that money with us. We contribute 8% of gross salary per month, and our employer contributes a 6% match. Every year, they send us a pension statement in the fall that includes those amounts plus the performance of the pension investments based on market conditions. So we only know the true amount once a year, which is a bummer when trying to keep track of NW, but it is fun to add that big chunk once a year. Except they are already over one month late in getting us the numbers this year and I am itching to update our NW number!

I see, my employer only sends out projected monthly payouts at retirement. 

[golfreak12]

==>> End on Nov 2015.

$15,000- Rental house. Value went up. Estimated.
$30,000- Main house value went up. Estimated.
$8,500--  Principles paid down on both houses.
$59,000- Money saved from Income. Part of this was $11,000 tax refund and $5,700 settlement.
$0-          Market was flat this year.
$11,000- IRA from both of us.
$6,0000- HSA savings.
$5,000-   part time gig from my wife.
$6,000-   Gold given from my Mom.
--------------------------------------------------
~$140,500 so far this year. It helps that I hit $100K again this year.
~$503,000 NET WORTH
In the next few years, I will probably earn ~$80,000 so I need to make the money we have now earn money for us.

[adam]

Random question:
I know some people include the estimated value of their primary residence in their NW calculations, and some don't. 
What about other 'things'?
Cars?
Boats?
Timeshares?

I ask because I don't include my house, but I do include the above.  Should I switch to solely cash type accounts? I don't have a ton of equity in the house, and the value estimates have been fluctuating wildly over the last 5 years so it just didn't seem worth it.  Cars/toys on the other hand seem to be a little more stable although they obviously decrease in value over time vs what real estate should do.  And in the case of the boat/timeshare they are paid for.  I can fairly easily sell a car or the boat, not so much the house.  I guess the easy answer is not to include any of them but then my number goes down :(

If you include your house, but not this other sort of property, why/why not?

[RWD]

Random question:
I know some people include the estimated value of their primary residence in their NW calculations, and some don't. 
What about other 'things'?
Cars?
Boats?
Timeshares?

I ask because I don't include my house, but I do include the above.  Should I switch to solely cash type accounts? I don't have a ton of equity in the house, and the value estimates have been fluctuating wildly over the last 5 years so it just didn't seem worth it.  Cars/toys on the other hand seem to be a little more stable although they obviously decrease in value over time vs what real estate should do.  And in the case of the boat/timeshare they are paid for.  I can fairly easily sell a car or the boat, not so much the house.  I guess the easy answer is not to include any of them but then my number goes down :(

If you include your house, but not this other sort of property, why/why not?

I include my cars. I update the value once per year using KBB. I think this is fair, especially since I have a loan against one vehicle which is more or less offset by the car's value.

I don't have any boats or timeshares.

I don't include any smaller items, but if I sell something I'll count it as a credit towards that expense category. For example, if I sell a camera for $40 then buy a laptop for $500 my accounting will show I spent $460 on electronics (as opposed to having $40 extra in income and $500 in expenses). But this doesn't affect my net worth calculations.

[Bracken_Joy]

Random question:
I know some people include the estimated value of their primary residence in their NW calculations, and some don't. 
What about other 'things'?
Cars?
Boats?
Timeshares?

I ask because I don't include my house, but I do include the above.  Should I switch to solely cash type accounts? I don't have a ton of equity in the house, and the value estimates have been fluctuating wildly over the last 5 years so it just didn't seem worth it.  Cars/toys on the other hand seem to be a little more stable although they obviously decrease in value over time vs what real estate should do.  And in the case of the boat/timeshare they are paid for.  I can fairly easily sell a car or the boat, not so much the house.  I guess the easy answer is not to include any of them but then my number goes down :(

If you include your house, but not this other sort of property, why/why not?

I don't count wildly depreciating assets. I'm going to drive my car into the ground, and it will be essentially worthless once it gets to that point. Therefore, I don't count it. When I buy a house though, I intend to have the value the same or higher when I sell. Therefore, I will include it in NW calculations. (Also, I will have a loan on the house- I will need the value to offset the loan cost).

[Pooperman]

I include the value of property for which the value is easily determined. Because of this, I include the KBB value of my car and the list price of my Magic card collection, but not things like beds or computers. I don't have a house, but I'd include that as well if I did.

[Vertical Mode]

I include the value of property for which the value is easily determined. Because of this, I include the KBB value of my car and the list price of my Magic card collection, but not things like beds or computers. I don't have a house, but I'd include that as well if I did.

Pooperman, what source are you using to determine list price of MTG cards? I have a bunch that I've been meaning to establish a value for/possibly sell. Also, do you have any idea where I might expect to get fair value for them? Listing KBB value for the car and other easily-quantifiable stuff seems like a logical approach.

[Pooperman]

I include the value of property for which the value is easily determined. Because of this, I include the KBB value of my car and the list price of my Magic card collection, but not things like beds or computers. I don't have a house, but I'd include that as well if I did.

Pooperman, what source are you using to determine list price of MTG cards? I have a bunch that I've been meaning to establish a value for/possibly sell. Also, do you have any idea where I might expect to get fair value for them? Listing KBB value for the car and other easily-quantifiable stuff seems like a logical approach.

I use the buy list prices on MTGprice.com. I made a list of what I have that I'd actually sell (the investments) and then there's a feature of the site that allows you to see what you can get by selling them to online stores. They don't have every store, bury eh have enough to get a decent idea. You can get higher for certain in demand cards at the bigger events or by selling them yourself, but it's good to know the minimum you can get.

Example: I've got a bunch of lands from the last few sets that I got through playing or buying that is now buy listing for $625. The top end value (selling directly yourself) is about $1100. I spent about $700, though that's a bit fuzzy since I include the value of events I played in when i got them as the price.

[Threshkin]

5.74 percent gain in NW YTD.  Not great but since it is roughly 3 years of expenses I am not complaining.

[Davids]

11/30/13: $468K
11/30/14: $605K

11/30/15: $688K

[faramund]

Well, this year it looks like the growth in my net assets (i.e. not including savings) was greater than my expenditure, for the first time EVER. It looks like it will be 13% growth, and my current expenditure to net assets is 10%. So in theory, I could retire with 3% left over for inflation.

The only problems are (1) that I can't access 2/3rds of my net assets for another 9 years, and (2) I'm sure that here in Australia we have a property boom, and I can't in any way count on that level of growth in the future.

My current model is for waiting another 7 years, until retirement, but I'm very (uselessly) thoughtful.