Retirement Nestegg Report - June 2009
My retirement nestegg report for this month - Traditional Rollover IRA - $8,914.80 (-7.67) My Roth IRA - $26,538.91 (+1.36%) Wife Roth IRA - $14,259.01 (+0.50%) Current Traditional 401k - $30,536.53 …
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Retirement Nestegg Report - May 2009
My retirement nestegg report for this month - Traditional Rollover IRA - $9,655.62 (+2.28%) My Roth IRA - $26,182.21 (-1.23%) Wife Roth IRA - $14,189.15 (+1.84%) Current Traditional 401k - $30,023.11 …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - April 2009
Well not quite as good of month as last month, but pretty darn good. I guess I will take 17 or 18% gains every month. I’m really going to be disappointed when things return to normal and …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - March 2009
Well I’m pretty sure this is the biggest single increase I’ve ever had in a single month by far! At this rate I will be retired in no time! In all seriousness this just proves my previous …
Read MoreSwitching my High Yield Savings to SmartyPig
I am currently actively saving for a house my wife and I want to build in the next few years. I have about $20,000 saved up at ING Direct and am adding to it at a rate of about $1,000 per month. I …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - February 2009
Another brutal month as far as performance goes. Nestegg value feel by about 8% and as much as I know this is an opportunity for me, it is hard sometimes to see the progress or any forward momentum …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - January 2009
My retirement nestegg dropped in value by over 12%, which I believe is slightly worse than the market over that period of time. No big concerns at this point other than the fact that my contributions …
Read MoreThe end of free trades at Zecco and my review of them
All good things must come to an end. Last night I received the following email from Jeroen Veth the founder of Zecco Dear Zecco Trading client, I’m writing to tell you that as of March 1st, …
Read MoreWill carrying a credit card balance through month end hurt your credit score
As I vaguely mentioned in my $100,000 by Age 30 year end recap post my wife and I are starting to save for a house we want to build down the road (probably 2-3 years from now). While I’ve been …
Read More$100,000 in principal by Age 30 - 2008 year end recap
Well it is time for my annual check up on my $100,000 by age 30 goal. I guess I had a little foresight when setting up this goal as it is based solely on principal (my contributions) and investment …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - December 2008 (+8.54%)
Well 2008 sure was an exciting year and I certainly learned a lot in the process. As for my retirement nestegg I actually lost just over 5% for the year. That is not the whole story though because I …
Read MoreRetirement Nestegg Report - November 2008(-8.83%)
Well the carnage continues and it does not look to be slowing down. In fact in the first day of December my portfolio already lost a bigger percentage than it lost in the entire month of November. …
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