Questions tagged [assets]

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Is a house an asset?

Intro: I'm 21 and I do not know anything about personal finance. I want to start learning because I strongly believe that this is a very important and necessary attribute to learn. I have read Robert Kiyosaki's book Rich Dad Poor Dad which I think…
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Trying to understand 'assets' of an electrical energy distribution company in this context

Extracted from text: Another new potential role for distribution companies is in the deployment of innovative technologies such as distributed storage, EV recharging infrastructure, and advanced metering infrastructure. In this case, the…
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Can a software or app you developed be classified as an "Asset"? If its generating revenue or turning into something big or both

I am not a econmics student.I dont understand anything about money ,investement and trying to learn about it I learned financially successful people invest more in building asset than liablity.. I understand about asset as much as wikipedia explains…
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How to calculate my financial healthiness?

I came across this website that could calculate how healthy my financial standing is by asking ten questions. https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/financial-literacy/ But I feel those ten questions are too generic to make sense to everyone. E.g. All…
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How to measure the value of money?

I am having trouble measuring the total value of my assets. Let me explain; Let's say I have 100€. By doing some foreign currency exchange, I have managed to obtain 110€, so one might say that I have more money than what I had when I have started…
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Cash in hand as an asset

Cash in hand, unused land, living home do not generate any stable income when compared to cash deposited in the bank, rented land and rented home. Why are they still considered as an asset?