Net worth
April 2007 Score Card — Part II: Year-To-Date Returns
For the first four months of the year, our net worth has grown at a rate of 9.81%, adding more $45,000 to our nest egg. Of course, a major part of that increase came from contributions from our salaries as well as company matches in our retirement accounts. Nonetheless, our investments in various accounts (regular, [...]
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April 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
Another month has concluded and it’s time to take a look how we did in April.
April is very solid month in general as the markets regained momentum after all the volatilities we experienced in late February and early March. It has been a record setting month (except the last day) for the Dow as the [...]
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March 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
Our net worth growth returned to its normal rate in March after barely coming out positive in February as we got some cooperation from the markets (Dow rose 87 points in March, NASDAQ gained 5 points, and S&P added 14 points).
Overall in March, our net worth saw an addition of $15,032 (or 3.22%) as compared [...]
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February 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
I can’t believe we even manged to post a small gain for February, after the brutal Tuesday when we lost nearly $16,000 on paper. The gain, a mere $431.87, was largely due to the annual bonus my wife received this month. My decision to sell a mutual fund early this month also helped in reducing [...]
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January 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
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