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Stock Picking Experiment With Dividend Growth Investor: Year 4 Update!

January 17, 2022 by Mr. 1500 Days 2 Comments

In December of 2017, Dividend Growth Investor (DGI) asked me if I’d like to duplicate the famous Warren Buffett bet. For those unfamiliar, in 2008 Buffett famously challenged the hedge fund industry:Can you beat the S&P 500 over a 10 year period?Buffett won as the hedge fund got clobbered by the S&P 500.But, I like fun experiments, so I … [Read more...] about Stock Picking Experiment With Dividend Growth Investor: Year 4 Update!

Guest Posts from Last Week

April 14, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 3 Comments

Just a quick note to tell you about 2 guest posts that I did last week.My Bank Tracker Last week, Claire from My Bank Tracker posted an interview that I did with her. Among other things, she asked me about how I got to be the way I am, why I started the blog and about how I try to raise my children to be financially responsible. It even has a rare picture of me, … [Read more...] about Guest Posts from Last Week

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!