October 2007 Net Worth Review (+1.75%)

By Pinyo, on November 1, 2007

Aside from the big dip on October 19th, this was another good month for the stock market. The S&P 500 index rose +1.48% from 1,526.75 to 1,549.38 — again, the Fed cuts rates by another quarter point. After I entered all my information into NetworthIQ, the result was +1.75% net worth improvement. My liquid assets went up by +2.97% from 23.61% to 24.31% of $1 million goal.

Here are key financial activities for October:

• Started a 529 college savings plan for our son, which is paid for by income from this humble blog.
• Some of our big purchases include:
  • A nightmarish home renovation, which is paid for by my generous parents as a gift for their new grandson,
  • New carpeting for our bedrooms, which leaves us with $3,000 credit card debt (0% for 12 months), and
  • A new digital camcorder to tape the birth and all the wonderful moments that will ensue.
• My retirement portfolio grew by +3.42%, and I made a small 401k asset allocation adjustment for future contributions. However, I haven’t reallocate the current investment yet.
• My estimated home value increased by +0.75%. I think this surprised increase was due to the recent sale of my neighbor house.

Regarding the blog:

• Readership:
  • Subscribers grew +55.71% from 210 to 327
  • Unique visitors grew +90.15% from 8,286 to 15,756
  • Page views grew +80.18% from 20,281 to 36,542
• Top 10 referring blogs this month include (last month position in parenthesis):
  • #01 – The Simple Dollar (#39)
    
  • #05 – Get Rich Slowly (#2)
    
  • #06 – Being Frugal (#7)
    
  • #07 – Gather Little By Little (#9)
    
  • #09 – I’ve Paid For This Twice Already… (#10)
  • #11 – Consumerism Commentary (#54)
    
  • #13 – Frugal For Life
  • #14 – The Dough Roller (#29)
    
  • #16 – My Two Dollars (#16)
    
  • #20 – Free Money Finance (#11)

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