What is Imputed Value?
Imputed value is the worth or value of a given asset that is not recorded or documented in existing historical records, although that value is considered to be inherent in the asset. Because the asset is believed to have some type of implicit value, the worth can be assessed and the data used in creating projections of future financial gains or losses involving that asset. Imputed value does not necessarily have to be equal to the market value of the asset, although this may be the case. One of the easiest ways to understand imputed value is to look a situations in which investors or business owners make projections on future earnings from a given asset. Taking into account all relevant and predictable factors that have to do with past performance as well as market indicators and potential future events, the imputed value of the asset is projected for a given time period. For example, an investor may look at the history of a particular stock, evaluate current and future factors that co
