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May 2008 Net Worth

I mentioned earlier that I’ve been an active reader of personal finance blogs for a little over a year now and as a result have been tracking my net worth since April of last year. I’ve been debating the value of trying to present that history on the blog, but in the short term I’ve decided I’d rather just post this month’s update against last month for now.

May April Change (%)
Assets
Cash 43,210 58,032 -14,823 (-25.5%)
Investments 10,537 10,267 270 ( 2.6%)
Retirement 89,762 86,603 3,162 ( 3.7%)
Home 315,000 315,000
Debts
Credit Cards 5,854 18,329 -12,475 (-68.1%)
Student Loans 17,531 17,570 -39 ( -0.2%)
Mortgage 261,542 261,953 -411 ( 0.1%)
TOTAL $ 173,582 $ 172,050 $ 1,532 ( 8.0%)

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