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What Are You Worth?
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I save into pension, cash shares and gold regularly, i'm 32 and probably including pension have maybe net assets of £50k, I earn about £18k but honestly i don't think too much about it, i just ensure that i put something away each month.
Whatever you have you can't take it with you.0 -
Age 49
House 40% (33% LTV)
Pension Pot 55% (80% of which cash equivalent value of FS pension)
S&S Savings 5%
Immediate Cash 0% - I like my money working for me
Salary 20% of House ValuationI think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine0 -
chucknorris wrote: »My net worth is held as:
23% cash savings
11% pension
6% investments (shares)
60% property
This is quite a good way to do it, so similarly - net worth (approx., excluding things)
Cash 5%
Investments 10%
Property 85%IANAL etc.0 -
This is quite a good way to do it, so similarly - net worth (approx., excluding things)
Cash 5%
Investments 10%
Property 85%
Never thought about pensions? Apart from the (small) one that I took out when I was 18, I didn't really get involved until just over a couple of years ago aged 52.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
chucknorris wrote: »Never thought about pensions? Apart from the (small) one that I took out when I was 18, I didn't really get involved until just over a couple of years ago aged 52.
If I get a job sometime with an employer's contribution I will, but until then the deferred tax benefits vs the loss of control make them not particularly interesting.IANAL etc.0 -
Age = 33
Salary = £55k
Property = £350k (joint)
Mortgage = £180k (joint)
Pension = £10k
Savings = £35k
Debt = £00 -
£125k property with OH with £99k mortgage.
£56k salary plus now got £1k a month from side business
£12k in ISA
£5k in current account
£17k business debt
£1k on credit card intrest free
nearly 22:eek:Living frugally at 24 :beer:
Increase net worth £30k in 2016 : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=69797771#post697977710 -
If I get a job sometime with an employer's contribution I will, but until then the deferred tax benefits vs the loss of control make them not particularly interesting.
Yes I understand, the only reason I became interested in pensions was that I took a job in the public sector just over 2 years ago, so getting involved in the teachers pension scheme was a no brainer.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
very interesting thread if your nosy like me
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Why would my nosy like you?0
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