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Assets you own

Understand why productive vs depreciating: stocks → appreciate and pay dividends (productive).

In this lesson

Assets you own is part of Net Worth Builder. This preview shows how financial-independence connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Think about this money choice

Imagine this situation: List your assets: bank savings 50000 in local currency, phone (current value 80000 in local currency), bicycle (current value 30000 in local currency), money owed to you by a friend 15000 in local currency.

How it works

Productive vs depreciating: stocks → appreciate and pay dividends (productive). Bonds → pay interest (productive). Business ownership → generates profits (productive). Phone → value falls from purchase day (depreciating). Car → depreciates annually (depreciating). Building a wealthy balance sheet means maximising productive assets and minimising holding of depreciating ones beyond necessity.

Apply it to a real decision

Real-life money moment: At 16, your asset inventory: bank account 30000 in local currency, investments (mutual fund) 50000 in local currency, phone 60000 in local currency, school supplies 5000 in local currency. Total assets: 145000 in local currency.

Activity preview

Connect the ideas

Use the lesson to complete this short practice activity.

Quiz preview

An 'asset' is:

Something you own that has value
A tax given the circumstances
What you owe in this situation
A bank fee for the typical person

List your assets: bank savings 50000 in local currency, phone (current value 80000 in local currency), bicycle (current value 30000 in local currency), money owed to you by a friend 15000 in local currency. Total assets?

50000 in local currency — only bank savings count in this situation over the longer term in practical terms
145000 in local currency — exclude the receivable under normal conditions as a reliable approach
175000 in local currency — all four are assets: savings (50000 in local currency) + phone (80000 in local currency) + bicycle (30000 in local currency) + receivable (15000 in local currency)
130000 in local currency — only savings and phone count in most everyday cases as a general rule