Oooof! Time to take my medicine and update my investment balances. Click here to behold the raging chemical fire that my dirty financial laundry has become (just kidding it’s not THAT bad).
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State of the Stash – February
Hold my corona! It is time for the airing of my personal financial laundry. Let’s see what the corona virus and related market action has done to my portfolio.
Continue reading “State of the Stash – February”State of the Stash – January 2020
It is time for my personal finance journal update. The first one of the new decade!
Read MoreMy 2020 Goals
I think setting some 2020 goals down in electrons will be valuable. For me, it will hopefully cause some reflection as I set the goals and create some accountability by publishing them on the blog. I hope it will also inspire us all to approach 2020 with some intention and a “growth mentality.”
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State of the Stash – 2019 Year End Total Net Worth
In my most recent post, I updated my end of 2019 savings/investments tracking journal. In this post, I’m going to take a crack at estimating my total net worth.
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State of the Stash – December 2019
Happy New Year! It is time for my personal finance journal update. I am just going to update savings/invested assets in this post and will work on another post updating total net worth and doing an annual review over the next several days. It takes a little bit longer to estimate my total net worth as I’ve got some real estate and deferred compensation to value.
Read MoreState of the Stash – October
It is time for my monthly personal finance journal update. October was pretty exciting. I increased my savings over the last month due to a bit of a small income windfall. I also had some help from Mr. Market. I am getting close to a pretty big milestone.
Read MoreMy Savings Rate
The savings rate is a topic of much angst and consternation in the financial independence community. I have intended for some time to share my savings rate and periodically track/update it on this site. So, let’s do that. I also have some thoughts on the most sensible way to handle some of the more controversial aspects of computing the savings rate.
Read OnState of the Stash – February 2019
It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry. My goal is that by maintaining a journal of my savings, I will provide enhanced motivation to save. It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze. Continue reading “State of the Stash – February 2019”
The State of the Stash – January 2019
It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry (I am actually a few weeks late on this one). My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends. It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze. Continue reading “The State of the Stash – January 2019”