Net worth

November 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on December 3, 2007 (3) Comment

It’s that time again and what I am looking at is not pretty, as expected.
November turned out to be a very tough month for investors as both the S&P and the Dow had the biggest monthly decline in five years. Despite the second rate cut by the Fed in as many months, concerns over subprime [...]

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October 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on November 1, 2007 (1) Comment

The Federal Reserve gave investors a Halloween treat yesterday by cutting the key lending rate a quarter-percentage point. The second rate cut in two months gave the stock markets a boost, pushing major indices up more than 1% Wednesday to finish the month on a strong note. For the month, the Dow gained 0.3% to [...]

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September 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on October 1, 2007 (10) Comment

When the stock markets had the best September in 34 years, it’s hard not to make money, big money and that was indeed what happened to us last month. In fact, we saw so far the biggest jump in our net worth since I started the tracking in August 2006. For the month, the Dow [...]

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August 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on September 4, 2007 (0) Comment

I just realized that I have been tracking the growth of our net worth for more than a year already. One year ago today, we had a total of $369,550 without including house and car related items. Here’s a picture of our net worth at the end of August 2006.

How are we doing one year [...]

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