Race from 250 to 500k!

[NextTime]

Investments only

First of	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	-	$206,667	$304,693	$419,937
February	$198,265	$224,401	$305,287	$424,924
March	$204,080	$231,997	$290,554
April	$204,080	$236,710	$274,909
May	$206,310	$246,138	$298,297
June	$207,731	$245,062	$320,072
July	$209,453	$256,868	$331,215
August	$218,450	$256,076	$349,025
September	$224,243	$266,197	$367,183
October	$227,037	$274,186	$360,397
November	$214,107	$284,427	$360,290
December	$219,948	$295.004	$400,264

[Mainlander]

JANUARY UPDATE

08/01/20: $253,789
09/01/20: $257,810
10/01/20: $256,193
11/01/20: $255,810
12/01/20: $273,815
01/01/21: $276,958
02/01/21: $286,621

  Great start to 2021. Had above average contributions this month. Debating whether to cash out some employee shares to maximize contributions in my RRSP.. I know that would be the smartest move, but enjoy the flexibility of having some money in a unregistered account.

[Steeze]

01-16-20 : 251k
02-29-20 : 253k
03-31-20 : 224k
04-30-20 : 254k
05-31-20 : 257k
06-30-20 : 274k
07-31-20 : 300k
08-31-20 : 323k
09-30-20 : 322k
10-31-20 : 329k
11-30-20 : 370k
12-31-20 : 410k
01/31/20 : 430k

Original target for 500k - June 2022
Current target for 500k - July 2021

[tjrssibelle]

Investments only;

Dec 2016: $129.04k
Dec 2017: $196.66k
Dec 2018: $227.08k
Dec 2019: $339.51k

Jan 2020: $347.23k
Feb 2020: $330.32k
Mar 2020: $293.63k
Apr 2020: $323.58k
May 2020: $340.17k
Jun 2020: $356.25k
July 2020: $377.68k
Aug 2020: $397.52k
Sep 2020: $390.84k
Oct 2020: $384.47k
Nov 2020: $431.15k
Dec 2020: $448.30k

Jan 2021: $458.12k

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[MudPuppy]

Household net for 2 adults:

05/2020: 203K
06/2020: 225K
07/2020: 236k
08/2020: 252k
09/2020: 264k
10/2020: 262k
11/2020: 271k
12/2020: 297k

01/2021: 303k
02/2021: 310k

[grantmeaname]

7/13/18   $ 63k
10/19/18  $ 75k
1/31/19   $ 80k
2/28/19   $100k
5/31/19   $119k
8/30/19   $130k
12/31/19  $163k
3/31/20   $156k
4/30/20   $187k
5/31/20   $196k
6/30/20   $208k
7/31/20   $228k
8/31/20   $242k
9/30/20   $246k
10/31/20  $252k
11/30/20  $287k
12/31/20  $304k

  1/31/21 $316k

[ZsaZsa]

Portfolio totals:
2020
1/28/20 $253,542.85
2/20/20 $264,385.15
2/28/20 $241,121.58
3/13/20 $209,201.71
4/3/20  $214,113.72
4/30/20 $241,361.42   
5/27/20 $252,278.03
6/8/20 $265,620.410
6/30/20 $260,161.31
8/20/20 $287,415.26
9/1/20 $293,920.41
10/1/20 $289,996.35
11/1/20 $287,142.26
11/30/20 $303,616.53   
12/30/20 $309,754.20
2021
1/31/21 $311,461.72

[SpareChange]

Was over 500k until last week. Ah well. Down $1,415 to $493,894. Congrats to the new grads! Welcome to any fresh meat...er...freshmen! Hope 2021 puts wind in everyone's sails. Let's get this done, peeps.

[Epor]

Code: [Select]

                Total       Saved      Market G/L
12/01/20 251865       524        30251    <<-- Ticket to the 250-500k Race!
01/01/21 273830      6524        15441   
02/01/21 277210      7694       -4314   


[FrugalByChance]

I have also added myself to the google tracking sheet for this thread. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AU7U1LTOW0D-_TiWUZJ7OSolSB_ULYQC2ZWSNW5hig0/)
As I'm living and getting payed in the Netherlands, all my numbers are in EUR.
Only counting my "Early Retirement stash". So this does not include my emergency-fund, pension capital, or payed-off residence. These are the "end of the month" numbers:

Month      Early Retirement Stash   (growth=diff with prev. month deposits=money added) 
Jan 2016   €  58 971.00
Jan 2017   €  86 368.00
Jan 2018   € 119 817.00
Jan 2019   € 145 840.48
...
Dec 2019   € 195 798.72   (growth:  € 6 723.04 deposits:  € 3 600.00)
Totals for 2019: growth:  € 60 523.78 (=44.70%) Deposits: € 22 925.00 Returns: € 37 598.78 (=20.38%)

Jan 2020  € 198 632.07   (growth:  € 2 833.35)
Feb 2020  € 193 987.01   (growth: -€ 4 645.06)
Mar 2020  € 179 084.86   (growth: -€14 902.15 deposits: € 7 273.31) 
Apr 2020  € 200 737.12   (growth:  €21 652.26 deposits: € 3 798.78)
May 2020  € 209 540.07   (growth:  € 8 802.95 deposits: € 5 855.37)
Jun 2020  € 214 045.88   (growth:  € 4 505.81 deposits: € 3 240.00)
Jul 2020  € 220 555.81   (growth:  € 6 509.93 deposits: € 4 324.66)
Aug 2020  € 237 427.24   (growth:  €16 871.43 deposits: € 5 462.50)
Sep 2020  € 235 543.53   (growth: -€ 1 883.71 deposits: € 1 058.72)
Oct 2020  € 238 322.92   (growth:  € 2 779.39 deposits: € 4 400.00)
Nov 2020  € 262 121.50   (growth:  €23 798.58 deposits: € 6 521.65)
Dec 2020  € 269 374.68   (growth:  € 7 253.18 deposits: € 4 590.75)
Totals for 2020: growth:  € 73 452.27 (=37,49%)  Deposits: € 52 186.18  Returns:  € 21 266.09 (=8,74%)

Jan 2021  € 285 791.77   (growth:  €16 417.09 deposits: €12 000.00)

Good start of the year, with my bonus over last year payed out and added to the stash.

[Morning Glory]

2017
Jan 1: 236,254
Feb 1: 250,055
Mar 1: 262,196
Apr 1: 269,959
May 1: 282,665
Jun 1: 284,827
Jul 1: 292,037
Aug 1: 293,168
Sep 1: 297,489
Oct 1: 303,111
Nov 1: 309,583
Dec 1: 316,618

2018
Jan 1: 322,183
Feb 1: 332,735
Mar 1: 328,393
April 1: 327,048
May 1: 332,943
June 1: 339,934
July 1: 341,553
Aug 1: 351,978
Sep 1: 356,877
Oct 1: 360,074
Nov 1:346,354
Dec 1: 354,221

2019
Jan 1: 339,623
Feb 1: 358,056
Mar 1: 368,263
April 1: 386,406
May 1: 395,806
Jun 1: 382,758
July 1: 399,023
Aug 1: 404,132
Sep 1: 404,378
Oct 1: 411,212
Nov 1: 421,398
Dec 1: 434,363

2020
Jan 1: 447,716
Feb 1: 451,064
Mar. 1: 427,409
Apr 1: 391,361
May 1: 428,733
Jun 1: 516,412 (net worth)/302,612 (investments)
July 1: 524,981/314,313
Aug 1: 548,390/336,821
Sep 1: 574,193/361,734
Oct 1: 564,814/351,456
Nov 1:.561,416 /347,157
Dec 2: 611,075/397,396

2021
Jan 1: 624,711/408,641

Feb 1: 634,615/ 417,637

My money earned more than I did!!!

[the_hobbitish]

Jan 2021 $353k
Feb 2021 $394k

I think I was briefly above $400k in late January. I'd like to hit $500k mid-2022.

[Fishing4FI]

August-18    $27k
September-18    $31k
October-18    $59k
November-18    $60k
December-18    $64k
January-19    $63k
February-19    $74k
March-19    $78k
April-19    $86k
May-19    $98k
June-19    $104k
July-19    $104k
August-19    $110k
September-19    $137k
October-19    $143k
November-19    $151k
December-19    $160k
January-20       $169k
February-20    $175k
March-20       $168k
April-20        $156k
May-20        $180k
June-20         $190k
July-20          $200k
August-20     $217k
September-20 $234k
October-20  $234k
November-20 $231k
December-20 $255k
January-21    $264k
February-21   $269k

[lampstache]

1/2017   - 34,633
1/2018   - 56,928 (+22,295)
1/2019   - 98,248 (+41,320)
1/2020   - 176,153 (+77,905)

1/2021   - 419,499 (+243,346)
2/2021   - 433,878 (+14,379)

[Jim Fiction]

Hi all!

Making the jump up from the 100K to 250K thread.

I've broken out the numbers into individual and joint (with DW) net worth. We do not own a house (yet), so numbers reflect cash/equivalents and retirement accounts. Our only debt is whatever is currently on our credit cards, which gets paid off each month. Below are our numbers, dating back to when we first joined the last thread. Initially it was my own journey, but at this stage in my marriage it made sense to report the joint numbers which I had already been tracking.

                  Solo NW      Joint NW
4/30/2020 -       101,897        203,198
5/31/2020 -       109,544        218,023
6/30/2020 -       114,288        227,585
7/31/2020 -       117,338        236,196
8/31/2020 -       128,213        251,254
9/30/2020 -       125,543        246,779
10/31/2020 -     130,200        251,727
11/30/2020 -     141,260        266,097
12/31/2020 -     147,153        271,221
1/31/2020 -    155,099       282,090

January wound up being a two-paycheck month which helped juice my numbers a bit. Conversely, I had a significant car-repair bill which made made spending seem way worse than it actually was. Thankfully our stimulus money took care of around 60% of the total bill, so that was nice.

[malachite]

Month	Investments	Home Equity	Net Worth
NOV 19	286k	193k	480k
DEC 19	292k	195k	487k
JAN 20	293k	196k	489k
FEB 20	288k	197k	485k
MAR 20	260k	198k	458k	<-- Momentary downward blip thanks to COVID
APR 20	285k	199k	483k	<-- And recovered
MAY 20	306k	200k	505k
JUN 20	311k	200k	511k
JUL 20	326k	201k	527k
AUG 20	334k	202k	536k
SEP 20	336k	187k	523k
OCT 20	385k	190k	576k	<-- thanks to my employer for the nice bonus. At a saving rate of ~$7k/month this bonus moved up FI by about half a year.
NOV 20	420k	201k	621k	<-- Stock market for the win (up 98k in 2 months???)
DEC 20	421k	205k	626k	<-- Only 1k increase in liquid due to a lot of end-of-year charity donations.
JAN 21	449k	208k	657k

Another good month. I just started putting numbers into my tax software and it looks like our 2020 income tax would have been enough to cover our entire year's expenses with room to spare. I don't know whether to be dismayed at the amount of tax or thrilled at the amount of saving...

[Steeze]

Another good month. I just started putting numbers into my tax software and it looks like our 2020 income tax would have been enough to cover our entire year's expenses with room to spare. I don't know whether to be dismayed at the amount of tax or thrilled at the amount of saving...

I noticed the same thing - probably happened in 2019 too I just didn’t notice. Tax liability is greater than total spend. Bittersweet, like you said. Celebrate the high savings rate I suppose. Saved 3x total spend last year, 4x if you include capital gains.

[kickel]

After a small hiatus, I'm back and making my way through the challenges!

6/20: $240,488
7/20: $276,744
8/20: $287,113
9/20: $283,134
10/20: $290,473
11/20: $278,794
12/20: $341,902
1/21: $365,033
 
Next stop: $500K would love to hit by EOY

[lcmac32]

401k
Nov. 12, 2019         $238,035.96
Dec.   3, 2019         $240,880.64
Jan.   1, 2020          $249,417.11
Feb. 11, 2020          $257,961.03
Oct.  13, 2020         $277,374.19
Dec.   3, 2020         $296,200.72
Jan.  11, 2021         $314,041.78 (late checking, but a nice day to check)
Feb.    2, 2021         $315,792.29

[dogboyslim]

Taxable Investments only.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	$59,598	$130,690	$172,016	$276,751	$339,107
February	$94,135	$130,112	$210,931	$288,444	-
March	$96,711	$170,547	$220,649	$274,230	-
April	$100,313	$175,470	$231,153	$298,302	-
May	$104,001	$181,127	$230,149	$316,851	-
June	$107,339	$183,621	$244,641	$330,345	-
July	$111,240	$190,156	$252,651	$346,265	-
August	$113,472	$162,706	$257,825	$277,599	-
September	$117,719	$165,350	$264,537	$274,206	-
October	$119,898	$160,600	$273,062	$276,883	-
November	$121,666	$165,845	$294,017	$307,590	-
December	$125,576	$160,236	$269,709	$333,308	-

[solon]

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
January	132,155	177,349	282,110	344,002	-
February	138,015	188,332	290,845	360,553	-
March	138,469	187,634	288,022	-	-
April	148,093	197,461	257,224	-	-
May	158,814	194,010	276,627	-	-
June	161,284	186,414	299,563	-	-
July	160,446	196,934	304,249	-	500,000?
August	168,222	267,535	318,456	-	-
September	184,158	268,153	324,661	-	-
October	189,536	271,542	317,511	-	-
November	184,146	283,636	323,958	-	-
December	182,675	287,248	341,124	-	-

It looks like Januaries have always been good to me.

[moonpalace]

NW update:
Jan. 2017   $42,000
...
Feb. 2019   $242,032
Mar. 2019   $258,467
Apr. 2019   $271,294
May 2019   $281,760
June 2019  $278,145
July 2019   $296,924
...
Aug. 2020  $402,692
Nov. 2020  $427,563
Dec. 2020  $444,558
Jan. 2021  $459,349
Feb. 2021  $475,145

Had been expecting to graduate from this thread sometime this coming summer, but it seems that it may be sooner. And I have about $30k in federal student loans that will be forgiven in June.

Started MMM in Jan. 2017 with a NW of $42k and was (literally) envisioning not retiring for about thirty years. Now I'm seriously contemplating retiring in 2 years. Holy cow!! :-)

[SpareChange]

NW update:
Jan. 2017   $42,000
...
Feb. 2019   $242,032
Mar. 2019   $258,467
Apr. 2019   $271,294
May 2019   $281,760
June 2019  $278,145
July 2019   $296,924
...
Aug. 2020  $402,692
Nov. 2020  $427,563
Dec. 2020  $444,558
Jan. 2021  $459,349
Feb. 2021  $475,145

Had been expecting to graduate from this thread sometime this coming summer, but it seems that it may be sooner. And I have about $30k in federal student loans that will be forgiven in June.

Started MMM in Jan. 2017 with a NW of $42k and was (literally) envisioning not retiring for about thirty years. Now I'm seriously contemplating retiring in 2 years. Holy cow!! :-)

That's amazing!

[Steeze]

Today I calculated the number of years it would take to deplete my portfolio.

Basically assume my portfolio grows at 7% and I deduct my expenses at the beginning of each year until empty.

Was surprised with 9.9x savings I have almost 15 years of expenses saved!

By the end of the year I should be around 12.5x which would last for 25 years!

In about 21 months I will hit 15.4x expenses and my portfolio will begin to outpace my spending.

[Accrual]

6/1/2018 - $102k
6/1/2019 - $167k
10/1/2019 - $189k
11/1/2019 - $190k
12/1/2019 - $207k
1/1/2020 - $210k
2/1/2020 - $212k
3/1/2020 - $210k
4/1/2020 - $206k
5/1/2020 - $214K
6/1/2020 - $234k
7/1/2020 - $239k
8/1/2020 - $244k
9/1/2020 - $250k
10/1/2020 - $250k
11/1/2020 - $254k
12/1/2020 - $295k
1/1/2021 - $301k
2/1/2021 - $307k

[junga]

 

		2018		2019		2020		2021
Jan		$97,318		$128,407		$221,074		$321,143
Feb		$104,695		$139,828		$226,108		$315,707
Mar		$107,006		$145,617		$215,551		-
April		$115,189		$153,549		$197,168		-
May		$116,178		$162,575		$223,850		-
June		$119,529		$164,396		$236,967		-
July		$117,366		$173,404		$247,960		-
Aug		$120,235		$183,384		$264,301		-
Sep		$126,710		$186,374		$284,801		-
Oct		$135,258		$196,033		$286,632		-
Nov		-		$202,222		$299,591		-
Dec		$133,314		$210,924		$316,522		-

[Stimpy]

Date	FIRE	Medi	Total NW	% Increase	Notes
6/1/2017			$115,738	-
12/31/2018	$177,341.32	$46,719.18	$224,060.50	~2.07%
12/31/2019	$258,407.93	$82,188.34	$340,596.27	~10.57%	Percentage off due to account access issues last month
2/29/2020	$242,699.30	$80,901.14	$323,600.44	~-4.96%
3/31/2020	$222,186.14	$72,334.33	$294,520.47	~-8.99%
4/30/2020	$235,782.52	$82,664.90	$318,447.42	~8.12%
5/31/2020	$246,272.22	$90,513.89	$336,786.11	~5.76%
6/30/2020	$250,622.46	$89,754.00	$340,376.46	~1.07%
7/31/2020	$263,232.11	$96,179.30	$359,411.41	~5.59%
11/30/2020	$292,346.32	$97,826.53	$390,172.85	~7.86%
12/31/2020	$2306,836.47	$101,830.02	$408,666.49	~4.74%

Numbers based on Mint + some account Mint not refusess to monitor. (I'd ask why this crap can't just all work, but I already know the answer.)  Does not include a few minor accounts with less then $1000 total.

1/31/2020 Fire:$308,897.78 + Medi:$102,888.15 =$411,785.93  ~0.76% 

Late! but nothing much to say... up she goes.

Only regret (and a whatever regret at that) is not buying GME when I said I was going to(around $5).    Probably would have sold before the fun times but...  Oh well.  Can't cry over nothing lost.  Off to the next big think...  which is... idk and idc.  I'm doing just fine without the guessing game.

[monarda]

If I look at cash and securities only (not counting rental equity or primary residence equity) I belong on this thread

1/2016  $137K
1/2017  $154K
9/2017  $244K  (cash out refinance of primary residence)
3/2018   $208K  includes 0% credit card debt.
6/2018  $213K    ditto but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $328K.
12/2018   $250K   ditto but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $353K
12/2019  $328K  but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $425K
6/2020  $343K, but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance. $448K

cash out refi for one of our rentals

12/2020  $428K but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance. $530K  yay!  even with 0% CC balance we're over $500K!

Projection to be fully over $500K in liquid investments in early 2022, perhaps sooner.

Well, sooner it is! Fully over $500K for the first time in Feb 2021!
All because of a single stock in my Roth IRA that's been going nuts. It's PACB Pacific Biosciences has given me over 10X return in the past year. I'm one of their happy customers.

2/10/21  $502K  including 0%CC balance, which should be paid off this year. After that and including pension balance, $606K

Tentatively graduating from this thread. Might be back, but wa-hoo!!

[oneday]

	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
January	-	$283K	$354K	$409K	-
February	-	$291K	$342K	-	-
March	-	$294K	$304K	-	-
April	$263K	$304K	$328K	-	-
May	$268K	$293K	$337K	-	-
June	$270K	$309K	$340K	-	-
July	$276K	$314K	$352K	-	-
August	$284K	$313K	$372K	-	-
September	$287K	$329K	$367K	-	$500K?
October	$276K	$325K	$361K	-	-
November	$280K	$335K	$394K	-	-
December	$268K	$343K	$410K	-	-

Congrats on moving up to the next bracket @Nick_Miller @ducky19 @Le North Dreamer @monarda Good job!

Welcome @Epor @Jim Fiction @Fishing4FI @crimp @the_hobbitish @Accrual @joe189man @An Unassuming Moose @ardrum @rachellynn99  What a big group! Happy to have you all!

[gmdv]

August 2017 - $295k
September 2017 - $310k
October 2017 - $314k
November 2017 - $319k
December 2017 - $328k
January 2018 - $336k
February 2018 - $331k
March 2018 - $341k
April 2018 - $345k
May 2018 - $353k
June 2018 - $376k
July 2018 - $379k
August 2018 - $379k
September 2018 - $377k
October 2018 - $369k
November 2018 - $382k
1/5/2019 - $374k
2/3/19 - $378k
3/7/19 - $380k
4/4/19 - $381k
5/6/19 - $378k
6/11/19 - $382k
7/8/19 - $384k
8/5/19 - $387k
9/5/19 - $376k
10/1/19 - $386k
11/4/19 - $396k
12/12/19 - $402k
1/10/20 - $403k
2/2/20 - $405k
3/4/20 - $411k
4/3/20 - $420k
5/4/20 - $426k
6/5/20 - $428k
7/22/20 - $446k
8/10/20 - $449k
9/1/20 - $452k
11/20/20 - $461k
12/6/20 - $465k
1/4/21  -$472

2/11/21 - $477k

[dignam]

7/13/18   $ 63k
10/19/18  $ 75k
1/31/19   $ 80k
2/28/19   $100k
5/31/19   $119k
8/30/19   $130k
12/31/19  $163k
3/31/20   $156k
4/30/20   $187k
5/31/20   $196k
6/30/20   $208k
7/31/20   $228k
8/31/20   $242k
9/30/20   $246k
10/31/20  $252k
11/30/20  $287k
12/31/20  $304k

  1/31/21 $316k

Not sure if I welcomed you already, but welcome!  We appear to be neck-and-neck again in this thread.

[grantmeaname]

Thanks :) good to be back in the race!

[dignam]

Feb 2020 $253k
Mar 2020 $221k
Apr 2020 $239k
May 2020 $244k
Jun 2020 $265k
Jul 2020 $269k
Aug 2020 $281k
Sep 2020 $281k
Oct 2020 $294k
Nov 2020 $290k
Dec 2020 $301k
Jan 2021 $308k
Feb 2021 $319k

[An Unassuming Moose]

Nov 20, 2019 -- $113,800
January 15, 2020 -- $120,900
February 15, 2020 -- $136,916
March 17, 2020 -- $65,556
April 15, 2020 -- $97,329
May 15, 2020 -- $106,497
June 15, 2020 -- $144,753
July 16, 2020 -- $168,424
August 15, 2020 -- $176,358
September 15, 2020 -- $212,832
October 15, 2020 -- $199,625
November 15, 2020 -- $225,026
December 15, 2020 -- $248,842
January 15, 2021 -- $302,111
February 15, 2021 -- $307,205

So I quit my job this month to work on some projects. I have another job lined up for the summer, but decided to focus on my own stuff for a bit. I guess this is a teaser for retirement? Anyway, some gains this month, but likely some drops incoming for the next few months, until the summer.

[oneday]

Good for you, @An Unassuming Moose . Enjoy the "me" time!

[onecoolcat]

08/20/2020   $265,573.65
01/07/2021   $395,308.26

02/19/2021  $506,987.60

This happened a lot faster than I anticipated.  I've been very fortunate in that: (1) my costs have gone down, (2) income has gone up (well returned to pre-COVID and received backpay), (3) stock market has been great, (4) a small cryptocurrency portfolio has done very well, and (5) my modest collection of sealed out-of-print Pokemon TCG booster boxes has turned out to be THE investment of 2020-21.  Pretty crazy.

[Finwiz]

Long time lurker, first time posting - figured it may be helpful to push ourselves by joining this race.

1/1/21 - $400,149
2/14/21 - $427,486 (+$27,337)

Aiming to hit $500,000 by October - hoping at the current rate (and some anticipated bonuses) it should be possible!

[grantmeaname]

welcome to the race, bpk!

[falsekrakk808]

APR 20 - $256
MAY 20 - $278
JUN 20 - $282
JUL 20 - $304
AUG 20 - $312
SEP 20 - $295
OCT 20 - $286
NOV 20 - $330
DEC 20 - $360
JAN 21- $365
FEB 21 - $380

Slow and steady progress.

[dogboyslim]

Taxable Investments only.

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	$59,598	$130,690	$172,016	$276,751	$339,107
February	$94,135	$130,112	$210,931	$288,444	$413,475
March	$96,711	$170,547	$220,649	$274,230	-
April	$100,313	$175,470	$231,153	$298,302	-
May	$104,001	$181,127	$230,149	$316,851	-
June	$107,339	$183,621	$244,641	$330,345	-
July	$111,240	$190,156	$252,651	$346,265	-
August	$113,472	$162,706	$257,825	$277,599	-
September	$117,719	$165,350	$264,537	$274,206	-
October	$119,898	$160,600	$273,062	$276,883	-
November	$121,666	$165,845	$294,017	$307,590	-
December	$125,576	$160,236	$269,709	$333,308	-

[Mainlander]

FEBRUARY UPDATE

08/01/20: $253,789
09/01/20: $257,810
10/01/20: $256,193
11/01/20: $255,810
12/01/20: $273,815
01/01/21: $276,958
02/01/21: $286,621
03/01/21: $290,643

  Average month in February. Expect a nice increase in March with a large tax return coming in. Market pending I expect to be above 300 k, which will be a nice milestone to hit.
 

[FrugalByChance]

I have also added myself to the google tracking sheet for this thread. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AU7U1LTOW0D-_TiWUZJ7OSolSB_ULYQC2ZWSNW5hig0/)
As I'm living and getting payed in the Netherlands, all my numbers are in EUR.
Only counting my "Early Retirement stash". So this does not include my emergency-fund, pension capital, or payed-off residence. These are the "end of the month" numbers:

Month      Early Retirement Stash   (growth=diff with prev. month deposits=money added) 
Jan 2016   €  58 971.00
Jan 2017   €  86 368.00
Jan 2018   € 119 817.00
Jan 2019   € 145 840.48
...
Dec 2019  € 195 798.72   (growth:  € 6 723.04 deposits:  € 3 600.00)  Totals for 2019: growth:  € 60 523.78 (=44.70%) Deposits: € 22 925.00 Returns: € 37 598.78 (=20.38%)
Jan 2020  € 198 632.07   (growth:  € 2 833.35)
Feb 2020  € 193 987.01   (growth: -€ 4 645.06)
Mar 2020  € 179 084.86   (growth: -€14 902.15 deposits: € 7 273.31) 
Apr 2020  € 200 737.12   (growth:  €21 652.26 deposits: € 3 798.78)
May 2020  € 209 540.07   (growth:  € 8 802.95 deposits: € 5 855.37)
Jun 2020  € 214 045.88   (growth:  € 4 505.81 deposits: € 3 240.00)
Jul 2020  € 220 555.81   (growth:  € 6 509.93 deposits: € 4 324.66)
Aug 2020  € 237 427.24   (growth:  €16 871.43 deposits: € 5 462.50)
Sep 2020  € 235 543.53   (growth: -€ 1 883.71 deposits: € 1 058.72)
Oct 2020  € 238 322.92   (growth:  € 2 779.39 deposits: € 4 400.00)
Nov 2020  € 262 121.50   (growth:  €23 798.58 deposits: € 6 521.65)
Dec 2020  € 269 374.68   (growth:  € 7 253.18 deposits: € 4 590.75)   Totals for 2020: growth:  € 73 452.27 (=37,49%)  Deposits: € 52 186.18  Returns:  € 21 266.09 (=8,74%)
Jan 2021  € 285 791.77   (growth:  €16 417.09 deposits: €12 000.00)

Feb 2021  € 323 281.33   (growth:  €37 489.56 deposits: €33 000.00)

Another big month due to a retention bonus a year after the acquisition by a big-tech company.

[SeattleStache]

First number is retirement savings & other long term investments, second is total NW including cash savings and real estate equity. I'm focused on retirement only for this challenge rather than total NW.

December 2019: $292,062 (total NW $423,991)
December 2020: $398,408 (total NW $572,704)
January 2021: $413,029 (total NW $584,337)
February 2021: $420,000 (total NW $593,792)

[NextTime]

Investments only

	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	$198,265	$224,401	$305,287	$424,924
February	$204,080	$231,997	$290,554	$453,313
March	$204,080	$236,710	$274,909
April	$206,310	$246,138	$298,297
May	$207,731	$245,062	$320,072
June	$209,453	$256,868	$331,215
July	$218,450	$256,076	$349,025
August	$224,243	$266,197	$367,183
September	$227,037	$274,186	$360,397
October	$214,107	$284,427	$360,290
November	$219,948	$295.004	$400,264
December	$206,667	$304,693	$419,937	-

[runningthroughFIRE]

Forgot to post in January, so this is a two-month update for me.  Got lucky with play money in Gamestop, but I'll take it! I pulled the profits and put it into a more reasonable VTSAX fund, so this year's off to a good start

	2019	2020	2021
January	149K	224K	357K
February	157K	216K	365K
March	164K	191K	-
April	173K	221K	-
May	170K	236K	-
June	182K	243K	-
July	188K	263K	-
August	189K	285K	-
September	191K	279K	-
October	203K	281K	-
November	212K	324K	-
December	219K	339K	-

[SpareChange]

Up $ 9,863 to $503,757. I was...so cozy....here. Sigh. Love you guys. You're awesome. Keep exhibiting that trait so you join me ASAP in yon greener valley. Peace...

[Epor]

Code: [Select]

                Total       Saved      Market G/L
12/01/20 251865       524        30251    <<-- Ticket to the 250-500k Race!
01/01/21 273830      6524        15441   
02/01/21 277210      7694        -4314   
03/01/21 287160      1486         8464   


[monarda]

If I look at cash and securities only (not counting rental equity or primary residence equity) I belong on this thread

1/2016  $137K
1/2017  $154K
9/2017  $244K  (cash out refinance of primary residence)
3/2018   $208K  includes 0% credit card debt.
6/2018  $213K    ditto but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $328K.
12/2018   $250K   ditto but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $353K
12/2019  $328K  but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance, $425K
6/2020  $343K, but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance. $448K

cash out refi for one of our rentals

12/2020  $428K but without 0% CC balance and including pension balance. $530K  yay!  even with 0% CC balance we're over $500K!

Projection to be fully over $500K in liquid investments in early 2022, perhaps sooner.

Well, sooner it is! Fully over $500K for the first time in Feb 2021!
All because of a single stock in my Roth IRA that's been going nuts. It's PACB Pacific Biosciences has given me over 10X return in the past year. I'm one of their happy customers.

2/10/21  $502K  including 0%CC balance, which should be paid off this year. After that and including pension balance, $606K

Tentatively graduating from this thread. Might be back, but wa-hoo!!

Back already,

2/28/21  $487K

should only be another month or two until over 500K sticks.

[MudPuppy]

Household net for 2 adults:

05/2020: 203K
06/2020: 225K
07/2020: 236k
08/2020: 252k
09/2020: 264k
10/2020: 262k
11/2020: 271k
12/2020: 297k

01/2021: 303k
02/2021: 310k
03/2021: 328k

[tjrssibelle]

Investments only;

Dec 2016: $129.04k
Dec 2017: $196.66k
Dec 2018: $227.08k
Dec 2019: $339.51k

Jan 2020: $347.23k
Feb 2020: $330.32k
Mar 2020: $293.63k
Apr 2020: $323.58k
May 2020: $340.17k
Jun 2020: $356.25k
July 2020: $377.68k
Aug 2020: $397.52k
Sep 2020: $390.84k
Oct 2020: $384.47k
Nov 2020: $431.15k
Dec 2020: $448.30k

Jan 2021: $458.12k
Feb 2021: $472k

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