Monthly Financial Update - September 1, 2020

The stock market never ceases to amaze me. Even though a plethora of underlying economic indicators (e.g. unemployment claims, mortgage defaults, etc.) are showing significant negative signs, the stock market just keeps on moving up. Obviously this can't last forever. Something is eventually going to give. At that point we'll probably see the market drop (potentially even returning to a bear market), however, in the meantime, we'll keep enjoying these great gains...while they last. Nevertheless, we had a month of great growth and our portfolio crossing the 80% mark for the first time ever! Just a bit further and we'll hit our retirement number!!

Results:
7.68% month-over-month growth
83.6% of retirement number saved

Check out our detailed performance in the table below.

Accounts	Portfolio Allocation	Change In Value (August-September)
Liquid Funds	0.24%	-27.95%
High-Yield Savings	7.56%	1.67%
REITs	0.53%	0.22%
401(k)s	44.31%	6.75%
IRAs	4.49%	8.02%
HSA	1.37%	10.39%
Cryptocurrencies	0.02%	2.18%
Taxable Stock Investments	41.40%	9.95%
Debt	0.09%	-47.80%
Total =	100%

Portfolio Allocation = Current asset distribution of our portfolio
Change In Value = Change in account value due to asset appreciation/depreciation, deposits, and withdrawals

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