Money and Finance
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 the end of the month and the fact that I didn't get to spend money that wasn't saved up for almost half the month. Overall we came in under budget on our wedding so that was good. It wasn't by much but every little bit helps. For the month I contributed around $2,300 to my 401k including the company match and another $1,200 to my ESPP. The biggest help in turning June to a positive net worth changed was the fact that my income was way up and my expenses were down. From my take home pay I saved just over $8,400. Overall my net worth was up $5,500 for June.
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- Net Worth Update - December 2012
December turned out to be a really good month for my net worth considering my income was lower than the last few months and the markets didn't help out too much. For the month I ended up with just over a $9,200 increase. About $930 was from 401k...
- 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 - 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...
- Net Worth Update - May 2012
May was another down month for my net worth but overall it was worth it for what I did to lower it. My debt is now gone so I'll get to start saving a lot more of my income. My first back to back negative month just happened of course that's going...
- Net Worth Update - December 2011
December wasn’t a great month, but that was mainly due to the fact that I finally got a chance to be a home and recalculate my debt that I owe. This change should’ve been reflected back in October but I’ve been working a whole lot and haven’t...
Money and Finance
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 the end of the month and the fact that I didn't get to spend money that wasn't saved up for almost half the month. Overall we came in under budget on our wedding so that was good. It wasn't by much but every little bit helps. For the month I contributed around $2,300 to my 401k including the company match and another $1,200 to my ESPP. The biggest help in turning June to a positive net worth changed was the fact that my income was way up and my expenses were down. From my take home pay I saved just over $8,400. Overall my net worth was up $5,500 for June.
Read more »
- Net Worth Update - December 2012
December turned out to be a really good month for my net worth considering my income was lower than the last few months and the markets didn't help out too much. For the month I ended up with just over a $9,200 increase. About $930 was from 401k...
- 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 - 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...
- Net Worth Update - May 2012
May was another down month for my net worth but overall it was worth it for what I did to lower it. My debt is now gone so I'll get to start saving a lot more of my income. My first back to back negative month just happened of course that's going...
- Net Worth Update - December 2011
December wasn’t a great month, but that was mainly due to the fact that I finally got a chance to be a home and recalculate my debt that I owe. This change should’ve been reflected back in October but I’ve been working a whole lot and haven’t...