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Thursday Rant: Mr. 1500’s Fashion Guide

September 25, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 34 Comments

I was on a flight recently and popped open one of my favorite business magazines. I was a bit taken aback when I opened an article that discussed a watch that costs $176,300. Holy hell, people pay one-hundred and seventy-six freakin' thousand dollars for a watch?!? To put this in perspective, the home we bought in June of 2013 set us back $176,000. Yes, this watch costs $300 … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: Mr. 1500’s Fashion Guide

My goal was to build a debt-free* 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
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

2019: Investments only
1/1/19: $1,549,440
2/1/19: $1,649,953
3/1/19: $1,658,864
4/1/19: $1,687,526
5/1/19: $1,753,597
6/1/19: Forgot! Doh!
7/1/19: $1,747,170
8/1/19: $1,790,191

2019 gains: $240,751

Overall
Gains: $1,204,148
Net worth**: $2,305,191

*I still have about $90,000 in mortgage debt. My solution was to accumulate enough money to cover this or $1,100,000.

**Includes stuff besides investment portfolio including home, cars, dinosaurs…

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