I’ve suggested expansion of the accounts tab to include an ‘all accounts’ view alongside the existing views. This would provide a means for more easily seeing what you have on a per-institution basis but could also provide a means for tracking net worth (via the associated graph for that view).
Forecasting would have to be an additional feature though.
I would love this as well. MS Money (I know, blast from the past) used to do this well. It would simply use your scheduled payments and regular income to chart future position.
“Based on average spending and average monthly income, we predict in 1/6/12/Custom months you will have X money and be in X amount of debt” or something along these lines.
Joel - I think just having net worth is definitely an improvement that would be valuable.
I currently run an Excel spreadsheet that does just this (alongside forecasting) and having a Net Worth tab on Emma updating in real time (for the accounts Emma supports) would be a big step forward for me.
As for a simple place first place to implement a first version of forecast. I’m thinking in feed as two new lines. This could then in a later stage be more detailed in a section under analytics as suggested above.