May 2007 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on May 11th, 2007:

Asset	Apr 2007	May 2007	Change
Checking	489	256	-233
Money Market	36,321	27,584	-8,737
Savings Bonds	4,509	4,526	17
Treasury Bills	0	17,000	17,000
CDs	57,515	57,743	228
Brokerage	91,275	93,886	2,611
401k	98,431	101,992	3,561
Roth IRA	32,613	33,527	914
SEP IRA	162,629	167,711	5,082
529 Savings	33,419	34,755	1,336
Total Assets	$517,201	$538,980	+$21,779 (4.2%)

Work, family obligations, and spending the bulk of my spare time on a minor bathroom remodel have really taken a huge bite out of my blogging time lately. Despite having my finances primarily on auto pilot since the last update, I still managed a nice gain since that time.

My gains over the past month can be attributed to an additional equity distribution from my S Corp's 2006 profits combined with another nice boost from the stock market (S&P 500 index was up almost 4%):

(chart courtesy of msn.com)

My only financial move of note was a folly-ridden purchase of 1 month T-Bills two weeks ago. My goals over the next month primarily focus on making a final 2006 equity distribution from my S Corp and then start working on my 2007 SEP IRA contributions. Baby steps...