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Your financial health scorecard
Financial planners use a few simple ratios to check a household's financial health. Fill this in today, then again every 6 months to see your progress.
Is your debt ratio lower than last year?
Do you have PhilHealth plus an HMO or critical illness coverage?
Do you invest something every month for 5+ year goals?
Savings rate
Healthy: at least 10%, aim for 20%
AddEmergency fund
Healthy: 3 to 6 months
AddDebt payments
Healthy: under 20% of take-home pay
AddNet worth
Healthy: positive, and growing
AddDebt ratio
Healthy: lower every year
AddLife insurance
Healthy: 100% if anyone depends on you
AddHealth coverage
Healthy: PhilHealth plus HMO or critical illness
AddLong-term investing
Healthy: something every month, even ₱500
Add
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Fill in your numbers to see your score.
These ranges are common planning guidelines, not rules. Your own situation may call for different targets.