The Account Balance
Account at any given month throughout the
Scenario.
Account Balance Chart Examples

Variable Rates of Return Observed in Account Balance Chart
When the user decides to use variable rates of return the Account Balance can often appear more “jagged” than “smooth”.

Account Balances in Nominal or Real Dollars
A dollar today isn’t the same as a dollar 10 years ago or a dollar 10 years from now. That’s why it is super helpful to be able to see Account Balance
Here’s are examples of nominal and real versions from Andrea


How to Find These Charts
The Account Balance
Scenario
Chart
It is also shown in the Summary of a Scenario
Blueprints™
Total Account Balances
If you’d like to see the total of all Account Balances you can do this in one of two ways.
First, you can turn on “stacking” as an option and see the individual Accounts

You cannot chart more than one Scenarios
Chart
Scenario
You can choose a completely different Chart
Total Account Balances
Scenario

With this second option, you can choose to compare more than one Scenario
Scenario
Default Cash Account
As we’ve mentioned before, the cash Account always starts at zero, earns no return, and is the only
Account that can go negative. When the cash
Account has a negative value it means the
Scenario is not sustainable without an influx of cash from outside of the
Scenario.
Additional
Account Charts
If you’re interested in seeing other examples of the Account
Charts you can make with your Planner™ check out these resources below.