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Net Worth Report – August 2024 (A Fake Correction!)
Hey folks! Well, August started off with a bang! After seeing major losses across the entire stock market, the major indexes not only recovered, but got near or at record highs. The S&P 500 ended up about 2.3% up for the month, and is only 0.3% down from the all time high. As I figured…
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Net Worth Report – July 2024 (A Rocky Market!)
Hey folks! Pretty wild month for the market (and for me personally, I’ll get to that a bit below), with the first half of the month seeing a surge all the way to the high 5,600s, before crashing back down to 5,399, and then having a good recovery on the last day of the month…
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Net Worth Report – June 2024 (An Amazing First Half!)
Hey folks! A lot of upward movement in the market this month. The S&P 500 hit 5,500 a couple times, and even hit it’s mid-day record on the last trading day of June, before falling slightly to settle at about 5,460. So about 3.5% up this month, which was quite helpful along with my own…
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Net Worth Report – May 2024 (Half a Million!)
Hey folks! Not only did the market recover this month, the S&P 500 hit an all time high before dipping slightly by the end of the month. I hit a pretty major milestone myself, and a record gain in a single month. Let’s get into the numbers! May 2024 – $528,484.22 (+$38,272.43) Total Investment Contributions…
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Net Worth Report – April 2024 (The Rally Stops!)
Hey folks! This month the market did its thing and went down a fair amount, before recovering a bit with one last drop on the last day of the month. Let’s take a look to see how things shook out! April 2024 – $490,211.79 (+$604.26) Total Investment Contributions – $19,500 Well the month still managed…
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The Story So Far Part 7: 2023 (The One Where I Double Down)
Hey folks! This is the seventh and final part of my “story so far” series where I tell the story of how I learned about FIRE and all the jobs, school and relevant details that take us up to the current day. If you didn’t start at the beginning, you can do that here! Let’s…