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Real Value
The real value of an asset is simply what would be paid for it in an arms length market transaction at this moment in time, once that value has been adjusted for inflation since the asset was purchased.
Doing this adjustment for inflation is important because otherwise capital gains cannot be accurately measured.
In effect inflation adjusting allows you to keep a consistent measure of the purchasing power that an asset represents if it was disposed of.
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