Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I’m rebounding with the market. My retirement accounts are up a lot mainly because of my old 401k performing a lot better. It’s also up (like 25% of the rise) is due to new contributions of about $700. I’m happy to be back contributing to retirement.
I also made a double payment to my car in [...]
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I suppose it’s good that I’m flat compared with last month. I’m down only $65. The main thing is that I’ve trued up the mortgage numbers so they are much more accurate than they usually are. (This update is late and my mortgage statement came in during that delay.)
Debts are down. Assets are largely also [...]
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The graph has been updated for a while, but I’m just getting around to doing a write up.
May was not a good month for me. Most of the fall in net worth comes from the weirdness in the market. Almost all of the mutual funds in my retirement account were down, but I still got [...]
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Updated figures are available now. I love it when the month ends on a Friday since that gives me all weekend to pull the numbers together.
Cash holdings are dropping fast due to some large bills I had to pay, and a pro-rated month of pay due to a job change. I had to cover a [...]
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I am holding onto an unusual amount of cash this month. I got a tax refund and a large security deposit from my newest tenant. It’s the first time I’ve ever had this much cash in hand before. It’s a little weird. And to think that I’m supposed to have double that for an emergency [...]
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I finally got around to updating my net worth graph. Apologies that the sidebar pic got lost, but here is a picture that will update automatically month to month.
I was really surprised that I came out over $70K in the end. Initially It wasn’t going to be that high, but I forgot that I get [...]
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Things are looking up. I bumped up my retirement contributions to see if I could live with the reduced cash flow. For the time being, I can’t. Not if I want to pay cash for my Christmas vacation (which I do).
But I’m happy to say that my credit card debt is down compared to last [...]
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Flat. It’s very flat. Both retirement account gains and my credit card debt are flat. Usually those are are the places where I have the most movement in my net worth.
In October, I bought my parents’ plane tickets for Christmas. I put them on my charge plate so there would be no interest incurred. So [...]
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A good bounce in the market is all you need. I’m surprised I did so well, but a consistent strategy to save money makes all the difference. By putting away a regular amount every month, even in a lousy market, I get a good bounce when things improve.
The one thing that really shocks me is [...]
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Surprisingly, I’m down by less than $500. I wasn’t expecting that after giving my mom a huge chunk of change for the roof on her house.
I could have booked an extra $1000 in cash as an asset because my renter gave me the rent check early before she left on vacation. But I wanted to [...]
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