March 2022 Financial Asset Roundup

Here are my current financial assets as of the market close on March 10th, 2022:

Asset	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Change
Checking	2,888	2,455	-433
Money Market	137,723	121,912	-15,811
Savings Bonds	204,914	205,736	822
Treasury Bills	0	0	0
CDs	42,363	42,456	93
Brokerage	277,978	261,745	-16,233
401k	420,295	395,030	-25,265
Roth IRA	247,752	239,723	-8,029
SEP IRA	1,131,699	1,109,543	-22,156
529 Savings	172,985	171,546	-1,439
Total Assets	$2,638,597	$2,550,146	-$88,451
			-3.35%

The S&P 500 has continued to decline, falling 5.43% (-10.63% YTD) since the last update. The cost that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will have on human lives, inflation, energy markets, the supply chain crisis, and the global recovery from COVID-19 will be massive:

(chart courtesy of nasdaq.com)

On the jobs front, the unemployment rate for February fell to 3.8%, with a strong 678,000 jobs added. Oil prices continued to surge to the $107 level (from $91), which translates to a local regular unleaded gasoline price of $4.09 at my last fill-up. Home heating oil prices have also spiked, with local costs around $5 per gallon as compared to the $3.65 I paid two short weeks ago.

On the financial front, I did the usual 401k transactions, a Vanguard VTI brokerage purchase, as well as a distribution from my S Corp. I also made my final 2021 solo 401k contribution as well as 2021 Roth IRA contributions for Mrs. Frugalson and myself now that my 2021 S Corp tax returns are done and our MAGI can be computed.

As for the non-financial, I'm trying to put life here in the USA in perspective as the atrocities in Ukraine play out on local and national TV every evening. The weather is starting to get warmer, the COVID-19 numbers are looking much better, and my friends and family are continuing to hang in there and look forward to tomorrow. I wish everyone could be as fortunate as we are.