June 2011 Net Worth Update (-$2,605)

Assets May-11 Jun-11 Change %
Cash & Savings $ 55,373.16 $ 52,372.85 $ (3,000.31) -5.42%
Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 167,512.80 $ 168,937.06 $ 1,424.26 0.85%
Roth IRAs $ 79,451.38 $ 78,182.70 $ (1,268.68) -1.60%
Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 284,815.01 $ 280,705.84 $ (4,109.17) -1.44%
Stock Options $ - $ - $ -
ESPP $ 922.87 $ 922.87 $ - 0.00%
House #1 - Rental $ 160,000.00 $ 160,000.00 $ - 0.00%
House #2 - Rental $ 128,225.00 $ 128,225.00 $ - 0.00%
House #4 - Primary $ 300,000.00 $ 300,000.00 $ - 0.00%
Receivable (Payable) $ - $ - $ -
Other Assets $ - $ - $ -
Total Assets $ 1,176,300.22 $ 1,169,346.32 $ (6,953.90) -0.59%
Liabilities
Credit Card Balances $ (5,643.54) $ (3,438.56) $ 2,204.98 -39.07%
House #1 Mortgages $ (91,907.42) $ (90,192.30) $ 1,715.12 -1.87%
House #2 Mortgages $ (7,524.96) $ (7,451.25) $ 73.71 -0.98%
House #4 Mortgages $ (253,205.85) $ (252,850.83) $ 355.02 -0.14%
Rental Deposits $ (4,697.72) $ (4,697.72) $ - 0.00%
Additional Tax Liability $ - $ - $ -
Other Liabilities $ -
Total Liabilities $ (362,979.49) $ (358,630.66) $ 4,348.83 -1.20%
$2million Goal Progress* $ 766,526.58 $ 763,566.49 $ (2,960.09) -0.39%
Net Worth $ 813,320.73 $ 810,715.66 $ (2,605.07) -0.32%

Highlights for June
  • We like to take advantage of 0% APR balance transfers earning interest in my savings accounts, but that well has dried up for now. We are actively looking at taking advantage of new offers on 0% APR on purchases as an additional arbitrage opportunity.
  • June marked the first significantly negative net worth monthly change since Sept 2010. Our losses are mostly associated with equity declines.
  • My wife and I have been scratching the travel itch as we started kicking around long term plans of taking a mini-retirement. We ended up deciding to plan an extended trip later this year that includes a transatlantic cruise.
  • We took advantage of an airline credit card promotion to earn miles to pay for the flights for our extended trip. We used a couple techniques including purchasing Amex gift cards and Amazon Payments to hit the required spend to maximize the miles promotion.
  • I spent the majority of June back in China on a business trip.
  • Our investment portfolio did slighlty better compared to our benchmark (VTI) in June (-1.70% vs -1.81%). I'll post additional details of our investment activities in June later this month.

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Hey 2mill-

I found your blog not too long ago and have been reading (a bit haphazardly) through it. I'm curious what you plan to do at the age of 45~ if a significant % of your wealth is tied up in 401K's that you cant touch without penalty until you are 59?

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