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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

December 2007 Financial Asset Roundup

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

Asset November 2007 December 2007 Change
Checking 552 420 -132
Money Market 33,269 36,945 3,676
Savings Bonds 4,623 4,638 15
Treasury Bills 0 0 0
CDs 91,802 96,467 4,665
Brokerage 105,066 112,346 7,280
401k 105,529 109,760 4,231
Roth IRA 34,217 35,006 789
SEP IRA 179,199 184,724 5,525
529 Savings 36,682 38,157 1,475
Credit Card 0% Balance Transfers -18,475 -18,275 200
Total Assets $572,464 $600,188 $27,724 (+4.8%)



Volatility in the financial markets worked in my favor as the S&P 500 index rose by 4.28% since my last update. My bottom line is up accordingly, buoyed by a bonus paid out from my S Corp in November:

(chart courtesy of msn.com)

In advance of today's imminent FOMC rate cut, I decided to lock up a bit of cash in short term CDs. I put the proceeds from my World Savings 6.01% APY 15-month CD into a Bank of America 5.15% APY 4-month CD, rolled my matured 3 month E-Loan CD @5.55% APY into a 6 month E-Loan CD @5.15% APY, and put some cash into a 6 month E*Trade CD @5.25% APY.

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