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.