September 2021 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on September 10th, 2021:

Asset	Aug 2021	Sep 2021	Change
Checking	4,775	3,562	-1,213
Money Market	121,699	130,618	8,919
Savings Bonds	191,369	191,756	387
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	31,794	31,887	93
Brokerage	286,450	286,758	308
401k	403,577	410,343	6,766
Roth IRA	251,319	252,951	1,632
SEP IRA	1,160,677	1,170,929	10,252
529 Savings	181,892	182,619	727
Total Assets	$2,633,552	$2,661,423	$27,871
			1.06%

The S&P 500 continues to hit all-time highs, rising 0.49% (18.70% YTD) since the last update:

(chart courtesy of nasdaq.com)

On the jobs front, the unemployment rate for August fell to 5.2%, with a less-than-expected 235,000 jobs added. Oil prices rose to the $70 level, which translates to a local regular unleaded gasoline price of $2.95 at my last fill-up.

On the financial front, my assets have once again hit an all-time high, surpassing the previous high from August 2021. All of my money moves over the past month were pretty typical things like 401k transactions, a monthly Vanguard VTI brokerage purchase, and a distribution from my S Corp.

For the non-financial, everyone is back to in-person school. The young Frugalsons are attending universities with mask and COVID vaccine mandates, so at least the school administrators are taking the pandemic seriously. It's also lawn season, so I've been working hard on my fall overseeding and fertilization program in between tropical storms. Hopefully the remnants of tropical storms Henri & Ida will be the last of it for the Northeast.