December 2006 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on December 11th, 2006:

Asset	Nov 2006	Dec 2006	Change
Checking	602	366	-236
Money Market	23,295	25,462	2,167
Savings Bonds	14,172	11,972	-2,200
Treasury Bills	19,000	20,000	1,000
CDs	40,237	40,380	143
Brokerage	88,326	88,733	407
401k	91,799	95,120	3,321
Roth IRA	26,363	26,509	146
SEP IRA	146,603	153,134	6,531
529 Savings	29,886	30,967	1,081
Total Assets	$480,283	$492,643	+$12,360 (2.6%)

The strong stock market once again gave my investments a nice boost over the past month and I have continued rotating my cash holdings out of I Bonds and maturing T-Bills and into my HSBC online savings account. I also bought another 28 day T-Bill on November 16th (5.37% APY) since yields peaked a bit last month.

I added an $3,000 contribution for the 2006 tax year to my SEP IRA since my last update, which accounted for half of my SEP IRA gain this month. I have funded about 80% of my 2006 SEP IRA contributions so far, and will be fully funded before I file my 2006 corporate tax return.

I am also within striking distance of my 6 month financial goal of getting my financial assets over the $500,000 level. If Mr. Market can accommodate me, I may get there one month from now!