August 2008 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on August 11th, 2008:

Asset	July 2008	August 2008	Change
Checking	278	230	-48
Money Market	25,723	21,463	-4,260
Savings Bonds	14,750	14,802	52
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	98,235	104,724	6,489
Brokerage	106,129	113,924	7,795
401k	93,039	93,654	615
Roth IRA	29,768	30,588	820
SEP IRA	174,248	179,530	5,282
529 Savings	36,182	37,657	1,475
Credit Card 0% Balance Transfers	0	0	0
Total Assets	$578,352	$596,572	$18,220 (3.15%)

The S&P 500 index has reversed course yet again since my last update, increasing by 5.31% during that time:

(chart courtesy of msn.com)

Great to see that oil prices continued to fall to $113 per barrel today.

Moneywise, my only move of note this month was putting a little cash in the 7 month Bank of America CD @ 4.11% APY CD deal. Other than that, I'm hoping that energy costs continue to decrease as we approach the winter heating season. When small credit unions are offering things like home heating loan programs to help cash-strapped homeowners pay their heating bills, every little bit helps...