2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

September 8, 2009

August 2009 Net Worth Update (+$16,337)

Assets Jul-09 Aug-09 Change % Cash & Savings $ 36,885.73 $ 8,117.17 $ (28,768.56) -77.99% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 81,051.85 $ 88,230.54 $ 7,178.69 8.86% Roth IRAs $ 41,969.78 $ 41,901.97 $ (67.81) -0.16% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 167,415.57...
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September 10, 2009

Positive Cash Flow on Rental Property

A rental question from a reader: ....do you have positive cash flow on all your rentals? The reason I ask is that my wife and I have 20% for a home and are not sure we would cover the mortgage...
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September 21, 2009

Investment Performance August 2009 (+4.36%)

This is an ongoing monthly update on how our equity investments are performing. Please see this background on the investment tool I developed and how I am using it to track our performance against a benchmark to measure our progress...
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September 25, 2009

Free Games for My Cell Phone

I got my current cell phone a Sony Ericsson W580i about a year ago when we returned from China. It was at the right price point (~$50 with contract) and has worked great. I was a bit disppointed to...
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September 29, 2009

Should we include our 529 plans in our Net Worth?

A recent change for us is we have established 529 plan account for college savings accounts for our daughter. Long ago my goal was to set aside ~$5k at the birth of my kids, but so far we have roughly...
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