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November 2017 Net Worth: $456K Up $8K
I thought this was going to be a rough month. And for the first 25ish days it was. I didn’t think our net worth change was going to come out positive but we did it – up $8K – and crossed another...
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10 Years of Tracking My Net Worth – My *Almost* $500K Journey
You may have been listening to The Shins, The Killers, and The White Stripes. And were excited to see Spiderman 3, 300, and I Am Legend. And you may have just heard about the iPhone that Steve Jobs...
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That’s a Wrap! 2017 Net Worth: $476K, Up $20K
I’m going to do a quick monthly update and then talk about the more exciting annual review. What a great month and what a great year! From $307K to $476K in 2017 that ended with a $20K month. Awesome....
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MAX OUT Financial Resolutions for 2018
Ever since I joined finances with Mrs MORE, my financial life has taken a different trajectory. It’s partly due to us combining finances and making sure she’s taking advantage of her employer 401k/403b...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: $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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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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