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My Savings Rates and Investments (2017 – 2023)
Hey folks! Taking that dive into my old net worth reports got me curious: what were my yearly savings rates going back the last several years? How much was I spending each year? And how much was I investing, and in what? I gathered as much relevant documentation as possible to get things as close…
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Revived from the Archives – My 2020 and 2021 Net Worth Reports
Hey folks! I have a small revelation (unless I mentioned it somewhere else): this isn’t my first financial blog. Just a few months after finishing college I made a habit of publishing net worth reports much like I do on this blog now. Those original posts saw me hitting a lot of the first major…
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Net Worth Report – November 2024 (Layoffs and Records!)
Hey folks! Where do I even begin with November? The stock market went on an absolute tear this month, with the S&P 500 increasing about 5.7%, adding to an already incredible year so far. The S&P 500 is now up 26.5% for the year, which is completely mind boggling. And then, as all that was…
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I Got Laid Off (And I Couldn’t Be Happier)
I woke up the Wednesday morning after election day with a strange surprise: an early deposit from my job in the amount of nearly $10k. Cause for celebration, right? Except I wasn’t expecting any kind of bonus, and this was much more than my usual $2k I get per paycheck after 401k and HSA contributions….
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Net Worth Report – October 2024 (A Spooky Halloween Drop!)
Hey folks! October was pretty good for the stock market, at least for the first half of the month. There were a couple new all time highs for the S&P 500, and even after some small drops, the market was set to be up about 1% on October 30th. And then on the last day…
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Net Worth Report – September 2024 (Back to All Time Highs!)
Hey folks! September really did start a whole lot like August, seeing an over 4% drop in the S&P 500, before things turned around a week later with gains for nearly the rest of the month. The Fed cut rates by a 50 basis points, and the market reacted pretty favorably to that news. September…