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MAY 2020 NET WORTH: $904K, UP $51K
A crazy couple of years since I last posted about my net worth. The first 3 months of my kids lives were exhausting for my wife, my mom and my mother in law. We decided to hire a night nanny (which...
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It’s good to examine the accounts that comprise your machine. Some accounts will become less relevant over time as new companies and their associated accounts provide you more value. For instance, my...
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F.I.R.E. DESTROYER: Collections & Collectibles
The United States is a consumer society. We buys mountains of stuff that we don’t need. Gadgets we don’t use. Books we don’t read (guilty). Clothes/shoes that never get worn. Toys that never get...
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Mini-Milestone: Passing $600K and Beyond!
Over the weekend, I updated our net worth numbers and we finally passed $600K!!! It took a little over 12 years but the milestones are happening faster and faster. Only eight months ago we achieved...
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AUGUST 2018 NET WORTH: $589K, UP $22K
Another rockstar month! Expenses continue to come in hot with these babies on the way. We purchased the services of a doula, bought baby artillery, and clothes for the misses. However, the MOREs net...
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JUNE 2018 NET WORTH: $567K, UP $18K
July was a good, solid month and above the average $11,500 we need to reach our yearly goal of $613K in net worth by the end of the year. This $18K+ month is owed to the market’s 3.72% performance and...
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HELP! Twin Torpedos Attacking Our Net Worth😱
I sat in a chair a few feet away from my wife as we stared into a black monitor. My heart was secretly racing as we awaited patterns indicating success. And then it happened… a small congregation of...
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JUNE 2018 NET WORTH: $549K, UP $5K
So June was a pretty boring month from a net worth standpoint. I continued plugging away in retirement accounts. On a non-monetary note, I also started running again and this heat is brutal. Since I’m...
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MAY 2018 NET WORTH: $544K, UP $18K
May was a pretty good month for the M.O.R.E. household: Markets were up, Tesla bounced back, and we received other good news which I’ll elaborate later. The S&P 500 had a nice healthy gain of 2.16%...
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APRIL 2018 NET WORTH: $526K, UP $17K (aaaand we’re back)
And just like that, we’re back to five-digit monthly growth. February and March took a big toll on our net worth but we kept chugging along and investing. April’s S&P500 monthly growth clocked in...
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MARCH 2018 NET WORTH: $509K, UP $0K (despite $15K in investments)
What a brutal month. I threw tens of thousands of dollars into our accounts in hopes that the market would turn positive and account with soar, but we ended up staying flat the whole month. What the...
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Max’s Market Correction Tactics (I’ve Got a Black Eye)
On Wednesday, I stared at my laptop as the market dove to a close at 3pm CT in annoyance and dismay. Ugh. Another down day. In fact, the Dow and S&P 500 dropped 5.7% and 5.9% last week,...
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PSA: Drop More $$$ in the Market
Well, the S&P500 dropped again by a decent amount today: 1.42%. And the NASDAQ fell a little more at 1.84%. The drops were seemingly kicked off by Facebook’s inability to weather security issues –...
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LET THE NET WORTH GAMES BEGIN!
Okay, I admit there are no net worth games and nobody is participating in anything. But I have a confession to make. I’m a creeper. Yup. Weird. No, you don’t have to hide your kids, or your wife. You...
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Crypto Confessions – I’m Taking My Ball and Going Home
To Hodl or not to Hodl? That is the question. JUMP!!! The easy money is over! Maybe I’m too quick to judge. But before I get into it, allow me to back up a bit. In Spring of 2015, I had the privilege...
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The Attributes of an AWESOME 401k
I’m assuming you read my post on the importance of education and its correlation to maximization of life time earnings. So now that you’ve got your BBA/MBA/JD/PhD/MD, now it’s time to choose an...
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February 2018 Net Worth: $509K, Up $5K
What a month! What a rollercoaster! After the S&P500 rebounding in in early-mid February by 8%, it fell the last two days by ~2%. Just in case you were wondering if this is bad or good. IT’S GOOD!...
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Turning Market Sad Faces :( Into Market Happy Faces :D
And it finally happened. The market (i.e., S&P 500) fell just over 10%. There was momentary panic. Brokerage and robo-advisor websites crashed. Parents were looking for their kids. Kids were...
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January 2018 Net Worth: $504K, Up $28K
And we’re off! What an awesome month. It seemed like the market would never slow down. The S&P500 clocked in at 5.62%! Jeez! Our retirement accounts comprise the most significant portion of our net...
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When $500K Feels Like Meh :/
I was waiting over the past few days to hit millionaire status. Our balances got within a few hundreds of dollars and would then quickly retreat away… so close! But finally we did it! We achieved had a...
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