Money and Finance
July was a great month for my net worth with almost an $8,300 increase. A lot of that came from my savings and another good chunk came from the stock market rising. For the month I contributed around $1,250 to my 401k plus another $630 from the company match. I also set aside another $1,000 for my ESPP and had a great month of saving from my take home pay with $6,800 being saved. I'm looking forward to August bringing some lower expenses and hopefully getting a chance to deploy some more of my money that's currently sitting in my brokerage and Roth IRA accounts. While that would probably meaning a less than stellar net worth increase it would be worth it in the long run.
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- Net Worth Update - October 2014
While cash flow is more important when it comes to financial independence, it's still good to look at the balance sheet too, which is why I provide these net worth updates. The S&P 500 had a whirlwind month declining at much as 5.5% to start...
- Net Worth Update - September 2012
September was an awesome month with a $10+k positive move in my net worth. That was my 3rd highest monthly increase since I've kept track and my 2nd highest for 2012. Over half of that was from my after-tax savings and the rest came from my 401k...
- Net Worth Update - August 2012
August was another great month for my net worth with almost a $7,900 increase. Over half of that came from after tax savings with the rest from my 401k and ESPP withholdings and the change in market values. For the month I contributed just over $1,200...
- Net Worth Update - June 2012
June was a surprisingly good month for my net worth. After the big expenses of paying for the wedding and my trip to Vegas and the honeymoon I was still able to increase my net worth. A lot of that is because the markets ended up cooperating for me by...
- Net Worth Update - April 2012
April was a bad month for my net worth. It actually decreased this month which was the first negative move since July 2011. The markets being down for the month didn't help the net worth out either. I also had just over $5,000 come out of my savings...
Money and Finance
Net Worth Update - July 2012
July was a great month for my net worth with almost an $8,300 increase. A lot of that came from my savings and another good chunk came from the stock market rising. For the month I contributed around $1,250 to my 401k plus another $630 from the company match. I also set aside another $1,000 for my ESPP and had a great month of saving from my take home pay with $6,800 being saved. I'm looking forward to August bringing some lower expenses and hopefully getting a chance to deploy some more of my money that's currently sitting in my brokerage and Roth IRA accounts. While that would probably meaning a less than stellar net worth increase it would be worth it in the long run.
Read more »
- Net Worth Update - October 2014
While cash flow is more important when it comes to financial independence, it's still good to look at the balance sheet too, which is why I provide these net worth updates. The S&P 500 had a whirlwind month declining at much as 5.5% to start...
- Net Worth Update - September 2012
September was an awesome month with a $10+k positive move in my net worth. That was my 3rd highest monthly increase since I've kept track and my 2nd highest for 2012. Over half of that was from my after-tax savings and the rest came from my 401k...
- Net Worth Update - August 2012
August was another great month for my net worth with almost a $7,900 increase. Over half of that came from after tax savings with the rest from my 401k and ESPP withholdings and the change in market values. For the month I contributed just over $1,200...
- Net Worth Update - June 2012
June was a surprisingly good month for my net worth. After the big expenses of paying for the wedding and my trip to Vegas and the honeymoon I was still able to increase my net worth. A lot of that is because the markets ended up cooperating for me by...
- Net Worth Update - April 2012
April was a bad month for my net worth. It actually decreased this month which was the first negative move since July 2011. The markets being down for the month didn't help the net worth out either. I also had just over $5,000 come out of my savings...