Big purchases

3 calculators

The big movable objects — aircraft, boats, collections. Owning is a business; the question is whether you want to be in it, and at what utilisation it starts paying.

Charter, Fraction or OwnCompare chartering, fractional access, and ownership using utilization, fixed costs, financing, and resale. 3 min The Collectible as a PositionMeasure a collectible after insurance, storage, fees, resale, taxes, and the return forgone elsewhere. 2 min Cost Per UseEstimate cost per use from purchase price, care, repairs, resale value, and realistic usage. 1 min

Every calculator here works with after-tax money, shows its assumptions, and prints the formula at the bottom of the page. Formulas and assumptions are shown on each calculator page.