Only 11 billionaires that Forbes tracks ended Monday richer, while 39 saw their net worths decrease.
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Net worths were calculated using stock prices and exchange rates from early May. 1.
Advisors should consider raising their account minimums if they have been targeting prospects with lower net worths.
For people with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using current share prices and exchange rates.
Did the values of your teams and your net worths soar because the current labor deal was so bad?
Net worths were calculated using stock prices and exchange rates from early December.
For those with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from late April.
Net worths are based on share prices and exchange rates on Oct. 12.
The stock is down 15% from February 14, when we locked in net worths for the Forbes Billionaires list.
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For people with fortunes in publicly tradeD companies, net worths were calculated using Nov. 6 market prices and exchange rates.
We have not included dispersed fortunes (as in those of the Du Ponts) when individual net worths are below our minimum.
Net worths were calculated using Nov. 2 market prices and exchange rates.
Below is the complete list (in alphabetical order) of the original 36 still in our ranks, with their 1982 and 2012 net worths.
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Our estimates of public fortunes are a snapshot of wealth taken on Aug. 25, 2010, the date we locked in net worths and rankings.
To estimate billionaires' net worths we value individuals' assets, including stakes in public and private companies, real estate, yachts, art and cash--and account for debt.
So for most list members their net worths indicate family fortunes.
Three billionaires in Spain fell off the list that way, and the net worths of six other Spaniards involved in construction and real estate got pummeled.
Some would call the hording of wealth greed, but it's a fair bet that the millions of Americans presently unemployed wouldn't mind Gates and Buffett adding a few zeros to their net worths if it meant those looking for work could find good jobs.
Too many people have made too much money, in bonds as well as in stocks, since 1994 to change their lifestyles radically just because their net worths shrivel a bit. (However, the wealth effect on consumer spending could surface if the market drops 20% or more.) Lower interest rates will help sustain consumer spending.
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