Our investment accounts have
now hit another financial milestone, surpassing $450,000 in value! This
includes money in our 401Ks, Roth IRAs, taxable accounts, and 529. This does not include money in our checking
accounts, savings accounts, home equity or rental property equity.
As we continue on our journey
towards financial freedom, we have been focusing more on being in the moment
and enjoying the time we have available. Years ago, we did a lot of the heavy
lifting with improving our finances by cutting our expenses dramatically, and
slowly increasing our investment contributions, sometimes as little as 1% at a
time. This has created a snowball effect
of our investments compounding aggressively over time. Our investments are simple and our
contributions are automatic. Our money
continues to make more money for us.
We just got back from a 4-day
trip to visit San Diego, and it was a nice surprise to see our investment
account balance after coming back from our vacation.
It’s been amazing watching
the growth of our investment accounts over the last few years. Here are some of our other previous investment
milestones:
June 2, 2014: 100K
March 12, 2016: 200K
June 5, 2017: 300K
July 15, 2018: 400K
Our investments haven’t
changed much since we first began saving.
We invest in index funds that track the US stock market (63%),
international stock market (27%), and US bond market (10%). Index fund investing allows us to diversify
our portfolio and keep our costs very low.
While we have hit a new all
time high in our investments, this could all change in an instant. Regardless
of stock market volatility, we stay the course with our investments by
consistently contributing through stock market ups and downs. We know that there is no way to accurately
time the stock market; so we just hang on for the ride.
How is your financial freedom progress going?
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