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Is This What Will Disrupt Index Investing?

September 15, 2025 by Mr. 1500 Days 8 Comments

I once heard Morgan Housel say something like this:Something will eventually come along to displace index investing.The context of the comment was a discussion of Benjamin's Graham's famous book, The Intelligent Investor. Morgan mentioned that the book changed frequently because investing changed. What works now will not work forever.Will Private Equity Disrupt … [Read more...] about Is This What Will Disrupt Index Investing?

Recession? When?!??

July 21, 2025 by Mr. 1500 Days 15 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a local friend who is a building inspector. We had an interesting conversation:In my head:AHHHHHH RECESSION!!!!!!And then this came across my feed:And then I read that the Air Force and Space Force met their recruiting goals months early. Some think this is a bad sign for the economy. The thought is that when jobs are … [Read more...] about Recession? When?!??

7 Ways To Invest In SpaceX

May 22, 2025 by Mr. 1500 Days 7 Comments

Carl note: I offhandedly mentioned in a recent post that I had invested in SpaceX. I'm a super nerd and SpaceX sings to my engineer mind. Catching the largest flying thing ever made from a trip to space within a couple centimeters of accuracy is one of the greatest engineering achievements of humankind:Anyway, after I mentioned my SpaceX investment, emails started rolling … [Read more...] about 7 Ways To Invest In SpaceX

How I Picked Stocks

November 4, 2024 by Mr. 1500 Days 14 Comments

Skate to where the puck is going. - Wayne GretzkyThis is the post I never wanted to write. That's because index funds are the right choice and I don't want to give anyone bad ideas. However, people keep asking me about picking stocks. So I give you this post.Before I get into it, let's take a trip on the Wayback Machine.1998I was at my first job. Yay! I was … [Read more...] about How I Picked Stocks

Two Incredible (And Humbling) Index Investing Truths (And Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon Living)

August 5, 2024 by Mr. 1500 Days 12 Comments

Hello out there! It's been a while since I fired up the keyboard. Summer is here and I've been busy with the family moving about the country:And it's not over yet.Phew.After that, we're going to stick around home for a while. Travel is fun, but Colorado ain't bad either. 2025 is the year where we'll mostly stick around the Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagonal … [Read more...] about Two Incredible (And Humbling) Index Investing Truths (And Hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon Living)

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My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642
1/1/23 (10 Yrs Later): $3,112,821
1/1/24 (11 Yrs Later): $4,562,750
1/1/25 (12 Yrs Later): $6,060,794

2025: Investments only
1/1: $6,060,794
2/1: $6,147,861
3/1: $5,729,518
4/1: $5,358,309
5/1: $5,444,482
6/1: $5,830,567
7/1: $5,904,562
8/1: $6,469,507

Gains (since 1/1/2025): $408,713

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $5,883,464
Net worth***: $6,869,507

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental and started counting it as an investment. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!

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