
The daily fluctuations aside, August was relatively good month with the S&P500 up 1.2% from 1,267.38 to 1,282.83. This gain covered the loss in July and then some. According to NetworthIQ, my net worth dropped another -1.43% — again due to the declining value of my house. But my net investable assets went up +1.72%, or from 22.94% to 23.34% of $1 million goal.
We had a strong cash flow this month due to higher than expected alternative income from my web businesses. The amount was a 71% improvement over last month instead of the projected 10%. This brings my projected alternative income against my total income (salary + alternative income) from 17.12% to 21.61%. However, I am not expecting to match August’s result any time soon, so the goal for the rest of the year will stay at 17%.

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August was a fairly quiet month. I missed a few scheduled articles and didn’t write as many home run quality articles as I should have. Moreover, I believe my lack of participation in blog carnivals also contributed to the decline.
Here are the key statistics for this month:
I wish I could list all 759 web sites and blogs that sent visitors my way. Despite listing only 10 11, I do appreciate everyone’s help, regardless of how big or small. Here are the top 10 referrers this month:
* Indicates the winners of 125×125 banner ad spot.
Again, thank you to my readers and fellow bloggers for your support.

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Great review Pinyo..i need to find out if we have a similar thing to Zillow here in the UK.
I’m finding it quite difficult to work out how much our house value has dropped lately, it’s making calculating our Net Worth a bit pointless at the moment.
@Laura — Thank you. As far as calculating your net worth, you could just ignore your house and mortgage to figure out your liquid net worth.
Glad to see that I’ve finally sent some traffic your way after all of those months when Moolanomy and PF Buzz have been one of the top referrers to my blog.
@Broke Grad Student — Thank you for sending readers my way. You put a lot of effort into your blog and marketing it over the past few months so I am not surprised that you are growing — congratulation.