October 2007 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on October 10th, 2007:

Asset	September 2007	October 2007	Change
Checking	376	564	188
Money Market	52,393	30,445	-21,948
Savings Bonds	4,591	4,607	16
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	68,840	91,336	22,496
Brokerage	106,272	115,367	9,095
401k	100,389	109,939	9,550
Roth IRA	33,141	35,486	2,345
SEP IRA	176,087	187,738	11,651
529 Savings	35,479	37,858	2,379
Credit Card 0% Balance Transfers	-18,875	-18,675	200
Total Assets	$558,693	$594,665	$35,972 (6.4%)

Wow, what a difference a month makes! The stock market has been on a nice run fueled by the FOMC rate cut on September 18th, with the S&P 500 index up 6.18% since my last update:

(chart courtesy of msn.com)

My only moves of note were locking up some short term cash in a 3 month E-Loan CD @5.55% APY while that deal was still available while also jumping in on the latest and greatest Penfed CD offer by putting some more cash in a 4 year Penfed CD @6.00% APY.