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February 2, 2007Taking Assessment of My Portfolio in 2006, Part 4: Investment AccountsNow I turn my annual net worth review to my taxable stock investment accounts. I'll be honest, last year's portfolio review of my investment accounts was a rude awakening for me. The indexes had significant returns, yet I lost money... February 5, 2007January 2007 Net Worth Update (+$9,666)A mediocre start to the New Year. Any month where the markets have healthy gains is sub par for me if I can't get a 5 figure increase. I made some progress, but overspent during the holidays and adding some... February 7, 2007Taking Assessment of My Portfolio in 2006, Part 5: Company OwnershipI decided to review my holdings of my employer (IBM) separately from the rest of my taxable investments. I have both a small amount of options and regularly participate in the company's ESPP. In 2006, the stock valuation went from... February 12, 2007Carnival of Personal Finance #87 in RioWelcome to the 87th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Just in time for the real "Carni'val in Rio" this week's edition is ready to party!! So grab a cocktail and lets get started with the parade. First up,... February 14, 2007Taking Assessment of My Portfolio in 2006, Part 6: Investment PropertyThe next piece of my net worth is my rental property. This property was my primary residence that I converted to a rental property during the early part of 2005 after a major bathroom remodel. 2006 was the first full... February 19, 2007Im Taking A Year-long Assignment in China (I Think)In December I decided to take an opportunity to possibly spend up to a year in China for a project I am now working on. As if my life wasn't crazy enough trying to get married I had to throw... February 21, 2007Net Worth Carnival of Personal FinancesLong ago (at least in the pf blogging world) there were a couple sites that were aggregating monthly net worth posts from popular pf blogs so readers could pull all the data together. Worked great except it relied on someone... February 23, 2007Bargain Shopping on the InternetFor the most part I rely on 3 deal posting web sites to do my bargain hunting: Slickdeals.net Fat Wallet Ben's Bargains My strategy is to have a running list of things I plan to eventually buy (without an immediate... February 27, 2007Financial Net Worth Goal for 2007Every year it seems like it’s harder and harder to forecast the major changes coming in my life and set challenging financial goals. In 2006, I was faced with the uncertainty of taking a temporary assignment and not knowing how... February 28, 2007Lost $9,000 in the Market YesterdayChecked my MS Money data last night and I was down about $9,000 in paper losses on my stock investments. Its bittersweet, hard to dislike regular stocks gains, but secretly wanting stocks to fall signficantly to create better investment oppurtunities.... | About 2millionblog.comA personal finance weblog of my journey to reach my goal of $2 million + the value of my primary residence.
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