Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Updatetastic

It's May 10th, do you know what your networth is? Because I didn't. Yes that's right my monthly ritual of closing the books was behind schedule and I didnt even know how we did this month.

I'd say April was a mixed bag financially. In looking at the balances I realized I had money just sitting in my checking account (this is most likely a result of not yet starting up my 401k) and I just transferred that over to my Roth IRA. So the good news is that my Roth IRA is way ahead of schedule (I'm throwing the net paycheck surplus at the Roth) and it's possible I will have that maxed out by mid-year.

However, it seems I am about a month behind in my average monthly networth increases in terms of meeting my year end goal of $275k. Expenses are down a little bit and I am throwing money at the Roth first instead of evenly contributing to the Roth and 401k throughout the year (I have reasons, don't worry)

My networth as of April 30th is: $227,147



I accidentally entered April data in May and then I couldn't delete May so it looks like April to May is flat. But really I just enter my info on the last day of the month. Is that weird?

I also noticed I am overdue for a re-allocation of my retirement funds. I re-allocated about 13 months ago and I believe I am overexposed in bonds for my investing target. My choices have done decently but I'm not comfortable with my current bond allocation.

30 comments:

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  2. I've done that too, on NetWorthIQ. It's pretty easy to plug in all your numbers and forget to change the month. Hope they fix that.

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  7. No blogging since May? I hope you're okay.

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  8. I love the save-o-meter... great stuff! Saving is a lost art these days, especially thanks to the proliferation of credit cards.

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  9. I too am a little concerned (not annoyed, though) about your absense. Hope you are okay!

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  11. This blog has left me feeling a bit down with myself, as i have been trying for years to get my income up and then someone comes along and earns a net worth of £100,000 in just over a year
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