June 2018 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on June 11th, 2018:

Asset	May 2018	Jun 2018	Change
Checking	954	407	-547
Money Market	59,351	56,940	-2,411
Savings Bonds	153,860	154,179	319
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	42,478	42,598	120
Brokerage	155,277	159,460	4,183
401k	176,709	176,656	-53
Roth IRA	153,890	155,591	1,701
SEP IRA	743,198	762,361	19,163
529 Savings	175,463	176,657	1,194
Total Assets	$1,661,180	$1,684,849	$23,669
			1.42%

Mr. Market has continued his run since the last update, with the S&P 500 rising 1.42% during that time:

(chart courtesy of nasdaq.com)

On the jobs front, the unemployment rate for May fell to 3.8% with a better-than-expected 223,000 jobs created, the lowest rate since April 2000. Oil prices have fallen back to the $66 level (down from $71), although all things economic are very much up in the air with the POTUS starting trade wars and threatening our closest allies.

On the financial front, my assets have once again hit another all-time high, breaking the previous high from March 2018. The only upcoming money move of note will be taking a distribution from my S Corp later this month, so I should slide into the month of July pretty quietly.

As for the non-financial, the oldest of the Frugalson children recently graduated from high school and things are getting real as we prepare to attend our first college orientation. We should also start to see the 529 college savings account balance shrink a bit when the first tuition payment is due over the next couple of months, which seems a bit weird after contributing to it for eighteen years.