Forbes Real – Time Billionaires


wealthymatters,comA couple of days back I did a post on Bloomberg’s daily updated Billionaire’s list.Here is the link if you are coming in late: https://wealthymatters.com/2012/05/25/bloomberg-billionaires-list/.

Today I found out that Forbes has a similar list which is updated with a fifteen minutes lag. You can take a look at this list here:http://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/.

The differences in the 2 lists are due to differences in the methodology used to estimate the net worth of these billionaires.The differences might seem huge,but keep in mind that if these net worths were so easy to tally up easily they wouldn’t be such large fortunes .

Now have fun watching huge sums being made and lost in the time it takes to snap your finger.

Bloomberg Billionaires List


wealthymattersThe Bloomberg Billionaires List consists of a daily ranking of billionaires by net worth.You can access it here http://topics.bloomberg.com/bloomberg-billionaires-index/

What I find interesting about the list is the daily fluctuations in these net worth figures.Obviously,these figures are for staggering amounts of money simply because these people are so wealthy.But as a percentage of their net-worth it’s not all that large.This is in huge contrast to the “financial advisers” who so glibly talk about “true investors” being comfortable with upto a 50% drop in portfolio values.It’s obviously easier to play round with and/or lose someone else’s money. Read more of this post