Well I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I’d be writing this post so soon, but today my retirement nestegg topped $400,000 today. It was less than 9 months ago that I broke $300,000 and $200,000 16.5 months before that, and $100,000 28 months before that and five years before that I started investing.
Once again the power of compound interest is becoming crystal clear as you follow my retirement nestegg.
Taxable Account - $5,435.18
Traditional Rollover IRA – $35,121.03
My Roth IRA – $112,779.11
Wife Roth IRA – $61,867.48
Traditional 401k – $186,251.10
Total Retirement Nestegg - $401,453.90
$100,000 NestEgg Milestones
| Date | DOW Jones Value | MFJ Nestegg |
| Oct 2008 | 10,000 | $ 69,300 |
| Oct 2009 | 10,000 (+0%) | $100,000 (+44%) |
| Feb 2012 | 13,000 (+30%) | $200,000 (+100%) |
| Jul 2013 | 15,423 (+19%) | $300,000 (+50%) |
| Feb 2014 | 16,395.88 (+6.3%) | $400,000 (+33%) |