lending club

Guest post: How peer lending fits into my portfolio

February 10, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days

I've frequently stated that I need to overhaul my portfolio. Currently, I hold almost everything in aggressive stock funds or even pure stocks. While this strategy may be a bit reckless, I'm not fond of the idea of losing money to inflation when holding it in cash or bonds. I was chatting with Write Your Own Reality (Mr. WYOR from this point on) about this topic recently. … [Read more...] about Guest post: How peer lending fits into my portfolio

Lending Club verses Prosper

March 16, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days

While I've only been blogging about my Lending Club returns so far, I also have a Prosper account. I've actually been a lender with Prosper longer than Lending Club, almost 2.5 years now. I've been a lender with Lending Club for almost 2 years. You would think that by now, I'd be able to choose a favorite. However, I cannot. They both have features that I like. Prosper has … [Read more...] about Lending Club verses Prosper

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

2018: Investments only
1/1/18: $1,527,701
2/1/18: $1,597,322
3/1/18: $1,575,431
4/1/18: $1,522,865
5/1/18: $1,563,532
6/1/18: $1,614,970
7/1/18: $1,634,242
8/1/18: $1,627,950
9/1/18: $1,680,911

2018 gains: $153,210

Overall
Gains: $1,041,707
Net worth**: $2,195,911

*I still have about $100,000 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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