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Ask the Readers: Would anyone NOT do this for $100,000???

February 15, 2016 by Mr. 1500 Days 44 Comments

I came across a ridiculous question on the Internet that I'll run by you in a moment. First though, let's review last week's question; have you kept your resolutions.I mentioned that I don't like resolutions and claim to not make them, except that I do. I'll call them non-resolutions because I'm a weirdo. Perhaps I'm just setting myself up for non-failure?Anyway, my … [Read more...] about Ask the Readers: Would anyone NOT do this for $100,000???

How I’m investing $275,000: CORRECTION

April 15, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 18 Comments

In yesterday's post, it appears that I was a little too hard on the Contrafund. Dividend Growth Investor pointed out that the chart I used from Yahoo Finance didn’t account for dividend reinvestments. Check out this chart instead. This article from the Wall Street Journal supports what he is saying. The only fair thing to do is to include the Contrafund in my experiment. Since … [Read more...] about How I’m investing $275,000: CORRECTION

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

2023: Investments only
1/1: $3,112,821
2/1: $3,582,368

Overall
2023 investment gains: $469,547
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $2,996,325
Net worth***: $3,812,368

* 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. 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!