$100,000 by Age 30
Well you might have noticed I put a little progress bar on the right hand side of my blog to track my goal of having $100,000 put away in retirement accounts by the time I reach age 30. Well by …
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Roth 401k checkup
Well I have only had 2 months worth of paycheck deductions at the new higher deduction level due to my switching over to the Roth 401K from a traditional IRA (see my posts here and here), but I am …
Read MoreIt’s common sense, but I’m an idiot
My wife and I bought a house this last summer, and we opted not to put 20% down because well I’m not sure we had exactly 20% to put down and the interest rates we so low that I figured I would …
Read MoreWife’s Roth IRA Contribution
Well I decided that we aren’t going to run out of money in the near future, so I went ahead and sent my wife’s 2006 Roth IRA contribution off to Scottrade. This means that other than my …
Read MoreNew site & New Name
Well in case someone actually read my previous blog you can tell I got a new site and also a new name. Previously my blog was titled “My Financial Goals” and was hosted over at blogspot. …
Read MoreJan 2006 - Net Worth Report
Well I made some pretty good progress this month. Most of it was due to making a $4,000 contribution to my Roth IRA account. I haven’t deposited my wife’s $4k yet because I wasn’t …
Read MoreWhere the heck is the author?
Sorry I haven’t been very diligent in putting up new content lately. I am actually working on upgrading my blog and will be moving it to my own webhost with its own domain. Hopefully I get this …
Read MoreCompound Interest Article
While I had heard this story in the past and was actually planning on doing a write up on it for this blog, but after reading the blog entry on Personal Finance Advice I decided there is no way I …
Read MoreDisclaimer
Maybe I should have mentioned this right away but I really have no clue what I am doing. I am not an expert, nor even that knowledgeable about investing or saving for retirement. I really have very …
Read MoreGoals Rough Draft
Well I have been thinking a lot about some of the financial goals for myself and I think I will just list them all here and decide which ones to fine tune and set for myself on this blog. Accumulate …
Read MoreDecember 2005 Net Worth Calculation
Note: Hopefully this will get prettier as time goes on Traditional 401k Account Balance = $10,147.11 Roth 401k Balance = $0 My Roth IRA = $6763.21 Wife’s Roth IRA = $7706.61 Net Worth = …
Read MoreTracking My Net Worth
I’ve been thinking about how I am going to track my net worth. A lot of the blogs out there have very detailed records of their financial wherewithal (checking, savings, 401k, IRAs, taxable …
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