Talk about a beating in the net worth arena. My net worth tanked from a record high last month, losing over $3,000 in a single month. Ouch, to say the very least! What in the world went wrong? Two things mainly. I chose to make two very large purchases in a single month – not [...]
Welcome to the June 17, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. Though AT&T has absolutely nothing to do with the carnival this week, I thought it important to mention their supreme suckiness in the title. My biggest complaint? The iPhone 3.0 update came out, with the long awaiting MMS capability baked right in. [...]
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 [...]
Welcome to the May 20, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth – number 17 in a long series of highly irregular carnivals. I’d normally make some promise to stick to the weekly schedule like I’m supposed to, but why lie? Anyway, here are this editions entries that relate to growing your net worth: [...]
Much earlier than last month, this is April’s installment of my monthly net worth report. Great news this time, unlike last month. My net worth grew by a solid 4%, or $1655. So, what went right, and what went wrong? Let’s dig in. Liquid Assets A drop here for the second month in a row [...]
Welcome to the May 6, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. David presents APR vs. APY posted at Personal Finance Ology, saying, "Get informed on the difference between apr and apy, and learn how to shop around for the best financial products." Relax presents The art of taking risk posted at The Wise [...]
Well, I’m about 15 days late with March’s Net Worth Report. Surely I could come up with a hundred excuses about how busy I was, and how much I had going on. But you wouldn’t really care about that now would you? March was a good month in some regards, but I ended up with [...]
Welcome to the March 25, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. This is #15 in the series, and one of the biggest ( maybe the biggest ) yet. Take a few minutes and read some of these great articles: The Shark Investor presents Strategies For Raising Funds: Borrow Your Way To Wealth posted [...]
Welcome to the February 18, 2009 edition of the carnival of net worth. This is #14 in a long line of ( somewhat ) weekly postings all about net worth. Enough yammering, check out some of these great articles: BankMan presents Why You Need a High Yield Savings Account posted at High Yield Savings Accounts, [...]
The last few months have felt like a roller coaster in the financial sense – up one month, down the next. And since January ended on a rough note, February ( fortunately ) ended on a solid one financially. My net worth increase to $47627, a 9% jump from January. However, I’m disappointed. Remember, my [...]
