Excellent month for my net worth! Up 2.93%. This month, that change is due to a lot of little things. My tax return came in, and I dropped most of that into savings, but even without that, I managed to save a good amount of money this month. Little bits here and there add up. [...]
In the month of January, my net worth dropped 1.92%. Not really what I wanted to see, especially as I’m updating this while fighting what I think is the beginning of a nasty cold.
Looking at the details, it looks like it’s mostly my investments that dropped, specifically retirement. Conveniently, I’m not retiring for 30 years [...]
Well, since it’s already 2010, I should probably figure out my financial goals for the year.
1. Match my Charitable Contributions from last year.
I was really pleased with my charitable contributions last year and want to be able to give the same amount this year. One change though – I want to be able to make [...]
Unrelated to anything I wanted to write about today, how are you referring to the year 2010? It’s been a bit of a debate in our office lately. We don’t have to have an official way to say it, but it’s interesting to see all the variety. This year, 2009, is “oh-nine.” [...]