Personal Balance Sheet, September 2008: Net Worth -16.17%

Each month, I post an analysis of my finances and my end-of-month net worth. For more on why I do this, please take a look at my explanation post.
What a nasty, nasty month. I am so glad that September is over! The month was such a tease at the beginning - gas [...]

Personal Balance Sheet, August 2008: Net Worth +0.43%

Each month, I post an analysis of my finances and my end-of-month net worth. For more on why I do this, please take a look at my explanation post.
August’s markets were up and down all month, but the S&P 500 eventually posted a gain of around 1.5% for the month. While that does [...]

Personal Balance Sheet, July 2008: Net Worth +1.78%

Each month, I post an analysis of my finances and my end-of-month net worth. For more on why I do this, please take a look at my explanation post.
While the markets had a bit of a rally at the middle of the month, the S&P 500 ended up losing just under 1% over the [...]

Personal Balance Sheet, June 2008: Net Worth +0.30%

Each month, I post an analysis of my finances and my end-of-month net worth. For more on why I do this, please take a look at my explanation post.
Let’s not sugar coat it, investments in June sucked! The markets were down collectively around 9% over the month and are now down around 14% over [...]