Looking at my picture here ( click for a full-size view ), I’m bad at Paint.net.  But we’ll ignore my artistic inability to focus on the fact that my net worth is the highest that it’s ever been.  That’s right, EVER.  With an increase of $2829, or 6% over last month, my net worth stands at a whopping $51,265.  That’s the first time I’ve seen $50k in net worth – a nice round number on the way to $100k.  So, what happened to make this possible?  Time to dig in.

Liquid Assets

A slight increase in liquid assets – party due to a small cash increase, precious metal value increase, and stocks / mutual funds recovery.  In other words, good news all the way around.  This is a trend i would love to see continue, as liquid assets are the best in this tough economy.

My Cars

You’ll notice that my balances didn’t change over last month.  No, I haven’t been skipping any payments, or anything crazy like that. For some reason the payments that I did make didn’t post right away.  While it looks ugly this month, next month it will look great – as two payments will post on each loan.

My House

If you guessed a 1% increase in equity, you would be a winner!  Small gains here, still down year over year, due to my write-downs in my home’s value.

Retirement

Wowza.  Is that a word?  If not, then it should be.  The stock market has been on an upswing, and nowhere is it more obvious than the Llama retirement accounts.  Up 21% over last month, back up over $11k. 

Business

Up 9% in business funds.  I’ll likely start moving a bit more of this cash to the personal side, as it’s not all needed for business ventures.  On the other hand, I like to have extra cash around here, in case an opportunity does arise – I like to be able to take advantage quickly, rather than shuffling money all around.

Overall

I have nothing negative to say.  Year to date I’m not quite where I’d like to be – I was hoping I’d be further along towards my yearly goals.  But when you consider the challenges of 2009, I’m quite happy with how things are progressing.  Here’s hoping that June will be strong as well, and I can put a string of good months together.