Here are my current Financial assets as of the market close on October 11th, 2022:
| Asset | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Change |
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| Checking | 3,436 | 6,190 | 2,754 |
| Money Market | 97,754 | 97,204 | -550 |
| Savings Bonds | 214,404 | 215,855 | 1,451 |
| Treasury Bills | 30,000 | 30,000 | 0 |
| CDs | 43,074 | 43,176 | 102 |
| Brokerage | 263,560 | 220,460 | -43,100 |
| 401k | 397,325 | 352,056 | -45,269 |
| Roth IRA | 227,686 | 202,468 | -25,218 |
| SEP IRA | 1,050,279 | 949,131 | -101,148 |
| 529 Savings | 163,844 | 157,267 | -6,577 |
| Total Assets | $2,491,362 | $2,273,807 | -$217,555 |
| -8.73% |
The S&P 500 is near 52-week lows, falling 12.69% (-24.70% YTD) since the last update:
(chart courtesy of nasdaq.com)
On the jobs front, the unemployment rate for September fell back to 3.5% (a 50 year low), with 263,000 new jobs added. Oil prices have remained somewhat steady at the $89 level, with recent OPEC production cuts not a good sign for future price decreases. That translates to a local regular unleaded gasoline price of $3.39 at my last fill-up.
On the financial front, I did the usual 401k transaction and Vanguard VTI purchase in my brokerage account. I also put $15k into 13 week T-Bills with an investment rate of 3.415% (up from 3.029% a month ago) and will probably add to that number in early November. To cap things off, I took a distribution from my S Corp and finally completed a years-long dream of joining Navy Federal Credit Union since a family member recently became eligible to join.
Tomorrow the September 2022 CPI-U are scheduled to be released, so a follow-up post of the impact on Series I Savings Bonds will be coming.
