Well, the tide has receded from the high water mark of earlier this month (at its peak, I think our invested assets reached $1.08MM) and we’re back under a million in invested assets again. This leaves us open to celebrating a second (or third! or fourth!) time as we cross over that number, so it’s…

I have a confession to make. A timely confession, given that this is being written on October 1st, after the close of the stock market. When recording my monthly net worth statement, I always start by entering the values as they stand on the last day of the month. I don’t “lock” those values in,…

Well, we finally made it through fog of August and came out over $1.4MM officially. The stock vest I referenced in the last net worth update recovered almost $10/share by the time the actual vest event occurred, which was thrilling. My strategy is, and has always been, to sell immediately upon vest (as in –…

I meant to post more last month, but between personal travel and work travel, there was only a week where I was not either recovering from a trip or preparing for one, so I suppose I’ll kick off this month and do a better job planning some of the topics I’ve had on my mind.…

I considered opening this entry with, “What a way to start a blog!” But, absent the context of April’s net worth, I suppose this gets to stand on its own without the shadow of the n% drop in our invested assets looming behind it. Net worth is one of those funny things to me, where…