Finances

Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? December had been an awesome month for us financially! Three pay periods, a large semi-annual bonus and market growth resulted in a great progress towards our early retirement goals! The gap to close shows what we need […]

Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? Oh boy, what a month! November was a wild ride, soaring to the new highs (I am talking about the stock market here) and then crushing in the last week! So we ended up with net decline

Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? After the downer September came a better October! The markets behaved much better that last month, which made up for the declines we’ve seen in September. And that’s a good news, despite the fact that one of

Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? September was a downer! The market giveth, the market taketh away… Despite our making a dent in Mortgage and college costs, as well as normal additions to pre- and post-tax accounts, the net impact of September is

Ok, the time for the next financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? August was a typical month – no bonuses, two paychecks, no additional benefits (like ESPP purchases). That’s what we should expect to happen in seven out of twelve months (we get DH’s semi-annual bonuses in July and

Ok, the time for the first financial update – what progress has been made towards achieving Early Retirement? July was a great month to make a progress. Dear Husband (DH) received his semi-annual bonus, which went a long way towards closing the gap between where we are today and the prospect of retiring early in