What Does Net Worth Mean? At its most basic, net worth is your personal balance sheet, according to Elizabeth Keatinge, a Certified Personal Finance Counselor and the founder of FundsSavvy.com.

Across the United States, the line between "comfortable" and "rich" is moving, and it is moving fast. Surveys of Americans ...

But $1 million no longer makes you ‘affluent,’ defined as being in the top 10% of U.S. households. Now it requires a net worth of at least $1.8 million or an annual income of $210,000. So, of 23 ...

Your net worth can be scary to think about yet is completely necessary if you want to start understanding your finances. I’ll admit, it took me a good two years into my journey before I decided to ...

Sabrina Karl has over two decades of experience writing about savings, CDs, and other banking topics. She is currently a full-time staff writer at Investopedia and one of the country's top experts on ...