(+0.67% Month / +23.41% YTD) November 2008 Networth
With the S&P 500 down almost 45% YTD it was nice to see a minimal increase in our networth for the month as well as a steady increase in our YTD networth. Here’s how November shook out….
November Highlights
- As habit now, we saw a steady decrease in our IRA accounts. Thankfully we only have about [...]
November 2008 Spending Report
As you can see, November was a pretty ordinary month for us. We were able to hit our savings goal of 40% to stay on track for our down payment and Black Friday didn’t affect us too bad . Here are a few of the highlights.
Miscellaneous
Normally we try and keep our misc [...]
July 2008 Spending Report
By looking at the break down of our July spending it is pretty evident that we had a good month . I guess it helps when rent is only 4% of your monthly income.
Here are a few of the highlights of July…
Rent
We were able to find a great little apartment that is [...]
Dave Ramsey’s Freedom Week
If you haven’t already been able to tell from my posts, I am a big Dave Ramsey fan. I think he’s got a lot of good ideas and ways to simplify your financial life. This week he is running a “Freedom Week” promotion on his website and is offering a number of his [...]
June 2008 Networth
Well I finally decided to do the inevitable and run my numbers for last month. They actually aren’t as bad as I thought they might be. With the S&P down over 8% in the month of June alone I thought my portfolio would really be hit, but I managed to fair pretty well. [...]
June 2008 Financial Ratios
Our savings ratios have been through the roof which has been awesome. I’m sure that will change once we get into a place after our move, but for now we will continue to put away as much as possible.
June 2008 Spending Report
Here it is. My first edition of the monthly spending report. I also plan on posting the balance sheet, financial ratios, and statement of networth, but I am still working on putting those together so hopefully in the next few days I’ll have something up. I’m trying to figure the best/simplest way [...]
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