The path forward to two commas ($1M by age 40)
I’m sure I’m not unique and I’m sure every financially savvy person has contemplated the day when their net worth / account balance will surpass the magical $1,000,000 mark. When I …
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Retirement Nestegg Report August 2016
Well another all-time high for my retirement nestegg and some slight out-performance by my investments. I also broke through the $600,000 mark in the middle of last month One thing new this month is …
Read MoreInterim Retirement Nestegg Report - I broke $600,000
Today I officially broke through the $600,000 barrier for the first time in my life. It actually took me 16 months to add another $100k onto my retirement nestegg which is longer than it took me to go …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - July 2016
Another all-time high for my nestegg and some out performance by my investments of the SP500 index. Overall a good month and I’m getting close to another milestone as I approach the $600k mark - …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - June 2016
Well kind of a mixed month for me. The good news is that my retirement nestegg is at an all-time high, the bad news is that my investments under performed the market quite a bit this month and this …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - May 2016
Well not a super great month for my investment performance, but did get some overall growth. One item that caught my eye was that in the first 5 months of the year I have contributed nearly $32,000 to …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - April 2016
Taxable Account- $20,366.02 (+1.02%) Traditional Rollover IRA - $29,574.73 (-5.11%) My Roth IRA – $141,085.04 (-2.20%) Wife Roth IRA – $77,048.21 (-1.31%) Traditional 401k – $262,576.57 (+1.87%) …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - March 2016
Well a pretty good month for my retirement nestegg. It grew by about $46,000 in one month which is nice. I had the benefit of having over $8k in contributions to my 401k due to receiving a bonus at …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - February 2016
Taxable Account- $17,432.54 (-10.30%) Traditional Rollover IRA - $30,722.07 (+3.38%) My Roth IRA – $135,692.92 (+1.86%) Wife Roth IRA – $73,732.62 (+0.35%) Traditional 401k – $228,140.00 (+1.02%) …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - January 2016
Well a rough month for the market and a rough month for my nestegg and stock performance. I added $3750 to my Roth IRA to take advantage of some of the bargains out there and hopefully next month I …
Read MoreThe Long Term View of My NestEgg
When I started this blog in 2005 I wasn’t exactly sure why I was doing it. I knew it was for me to learn about myself, but I think one of the big things I remember thinking at the time was it …
Read MoreBest and Worst Stocks in 2015
Here are my top stock performers for 2015 Netflix +135.45% Amazon +118.67% Starbucks +46.70% Arista Networks +19.30% IPG Photonics +18.39% Under Armour +18.39% Costco +12.58% Panera +12.42% Obviously …
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