Retirement Nestegg Report - March 2010
I am actually kind of stunned at how fast my nest egg has been growing of late. It wasn’t too long ago I just passed $100k and now I’m 1/3rd of the way to $200k. In fact just 13 months ago …
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Retirement Nestegg Report - February 2010
Another strong month this month. Part of this is due to the fact that my company put in their year end 5.5% contribution into my 401k (this is on top of the 4% they match with each paycheck). I also …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - January 2010
Well the market turned a little south this month, but my retirement nestegg actually grew at a pretty good pace this month. This was entirely due to the fact that I am now fully vested in my …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - December 2009
Well 2009 has come to an end and my retirement nestegg is at an all-time high. Despite things being so horrible and everything being in shambles with the economy my retirement nestegg grew 76% this …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report October 2009
Short and sweet this month. Pretty flat - although down about 4% from my interum nestegg report where I broke $100,000 for the first time. Traditional Rollover IRA - $10,334.01 (-3.37%) My Roth IRA - …
Read MoreInterim Retirement Nestegg Report - I broke $100,000 !!
Traditional Rollover IRA $10,782.36 My Roth IRA $31,604.25 Wife Roth IRA $17,183.87 Current Traditional 401k $40,916.17 Total Retirement Nest Egg $100,486.65 Well as you can see from above nestegg …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - September 2009
My retirement nestegg report for this month. Slowly but surely approaching a six figure retirement nestegg account. Traditional Rollover IRA - $10,694.27 (+3.89%) My Roth IRA - $30,126.74 (+4.66%) …
Read MoreHoly crap I'm 30 - my 20s financial review
Well it seems like just yesterday I was in high school math class learning about exponentiation when a light bulb went off on my head about the power of saving money with compound interest on your …
Read MoreRetirement NestEgg Report - August 2009
My retirement nestegg report for this month. Traditional Rollover IRA - $10,294.48 (+2.81%) My Roth IRA - $28,785.64 (+1.79%) Wife Roth IRA - $15,386.78 (-2.53%) Current Traditional 401k - $35,662.31 …
Read MoreCarnival of Personal Finance #218
Well it’s been a really long time since I’ve participated in a carnival of any sort. Partly because I felt I hadn’t written anything of good enough quality in a long time. On a whim …
Read More$100,000 in principal by Age 30 - Final Recap
Well 3.5 years ago I wrote this original post where I set a goal for myself to have saved $100,000 in principal by the time I reached age 30. By principal it meant money that was contributed to my …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - July 2009
My retirement nestegg report for this month - funny how people say the economy is horrible and you’d be an idiot to put/keep money in the stock market today and yet I’m very close to …
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