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October 2006 Score Card — Part II: Net Worth

Posted by Sun on November 2, 2006 (2) Comment

 

 Summary:
October turned out to be another solid month as we saw an increase of $16,810.66 in our net worth. Excluding house and car related assets and liabilities, the total net worth at the end of October is $401,089, up 4.37% from September, thanks to a record-setting month of stock markets. The reason I excluded house [...]

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October 2006 Score Card — Part I: Expenses

Posted by Sun on November 1, 2006 (0) Comment

Ok, it's reporting time and it begins with the monthly expenses.

Summary:
The daily living costs of October was $1697, slightly higher than that of September when we spent $1649. The increase is about 3% (equivalent to the annual inflation rate ?) However, there are some one-time expenses that I think will not repeat in [...]

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So How Did October Help Boost Our Net Worth?

Posted by Sun on October 31, 2006 (0) Comment

As the closing bell sounded on Wall Street, the month of October came to an end, at least financially. How did we do this month? 
Well, I don't have the exact number yet, but considering that the Dow kept setting new record highs this month (up from 11676 to 12080), we definitely got some help from [...]

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Make It $310!

Posted by Sun on October 25, 2006 (3) Comment

I bought two more items tonight on Buy.com, one flash drive ($24) and one MP3 player ($25), and that made the total buy-and-sell spending this month to $300! In the past, I only bought single item here and there with the after rebate price no more than $10. But since Buy.com has a $10 off [...]

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