November 2010 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on November 10th, 2010:

Asset	Oct 2010	Nov 2010	Change
Checking	506	1044	538
Money Market	60,838	60,507	-331
Savings Bonds	36,384	36,486	102
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	82,985	83,332	347
Brokerage	92,125	95,334	3,209
401k	93,115	97,699	4,584
Roth IRA	42,379	43,899	1,520
SEP IRA	230,075	237,907	7,832
529 Savings	48,538	50,076	1,538
Total Assets	$686,945	$706,284	$19,339
			(2.82%)

The (QE2 fueled?) run-up of the S&P 500 continues on as the index has risen another 4.60% since the last update:

(chart courtesy of msn.com)

The unemployment rate for October stayed flat at 9.6% yet again although there were some positive signs on job growth. Meanwhile, a weak dollar is helping oil prices head toward $90 per barrel.

On the financial front my asset levels have once again surpassed my all time high from October 2010, in addition to reaching the milestone of a $700k level. It's hard to believe I was trying to reach a goal of a $500k asset level only four short years ago. The only money move I have cooking is my attempt to join the Navy Federal Credit Union through a merger backdoor, but I've made little progress on that front so far.

Job-wise, things are looking up. I've been doing quite a bit of work building a test environment for my largest client in anticipation of them deploying a bunch of new IT equipment next year. That's certainly encouraging news for someone who has a contract up in Q2 2011, that's for sure. :)