December wasn’t a particularly impressive month, but considering the extra expenses we had, (Chirstmas, tuition for spring semester, and a trip across the country to see the in-laws), and the continued poor performance of the market, I guess we should be happy with our $1,000 gain.
We made an extra $350 payment to the wife’s Roth IRA. Her automatic investments it currently at a rate that gets her to $3000 for the year. So, in order to max her Roth, we need to come up with an extra $1,000 before the deadline. After this month’s payment, we need just $650 more.
We also put another $200 in Emigrant Direct which we consider an emergency fund. That was a base point we wanted to get to, and when we get some other priorities out of the way, we’ll look into increasing it further.
Watch for my year review and goals for 2008 coming soon…