Ouch! June was a rough month for our portfolio. Our portfolio decreased -6.4% in June, that brings us to 968% total increase since the beginning of our dollar plan.

In addition, our year-to-date return is -7.7%.

Reflections on my portfolio this month
I just moved a portion of our portfolio to a CD ladder. I just [...]

Posted July 1, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 2 Comments »

May is slowly, but surely getting us back on track with our portfolio. Our portfolio increased 1.4% and brings us to 1038% total increase since the beginning of our dollar plan. The all time high for our portfolio was 1069% back in October.

In addition, our year-to-date return is now only -1.7%.

Reflections on my portfolio [...]

Posted June 3, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 1 Comment »

April was a wonderful month for us. Nothing special, but we finally have an increase in our portfolio after negative returns the last three months. I’m usually more focused on the long term, but reporting it each month to you made me start to notice. As my two-year-old would say, “I’m a happy camper!”
During [...]

Posted May 5, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 3 Comments »

After two months of portfolio declines, we finished March at no change! Yes, you read that right. Our portfolio value finished the month with less than $100 difference from February. I think that is the first time ever! Our year to date total remains at -7.0%.
Our total percent increase since the beginning of [...]

Posted April 3, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 3 Comments »

Our portfolio declined by 1.8% in February. It brings our year to date total for 2008 to -5.6%.
The total percent increase (not to be confused with total return) of our portfolio since the beginning of our dollar plan is 989.6%, dipping under 1000% for the first time since last July.

The Good News
Despite the declining balance we have [...]

Posted March 3, 2008 in Net Worth, Our Dollar Plan | 8 Comments »