It has been nearly five months since I shared my goals for the rest of the year. I have detailed the status of each of the goals below:
- Make the maximum contribution to Roth IRA by July 4th ($4,000/$4,000) - Complete
- Successful open up Hedge Fund account by June - Complete
- Hedge Fund account value greater than or equal to $10,000 by August ($11,608/$10,000) - Complete
- Hedge Fund account value greater than or equal to $20,000 by January ($11,608/$20,000)
- Roth IRA account greater than or equal to $9,000 by January ($6,975/$9,000)
- Have 150 blog posts by December (90/150)
- Create Fund website by July 4th - Complete.
- Read five books by August (5/5) - Complete
- Create two more portfolio’s in my Virtual Stock Exchange league (1/2)
- Do 75 push-ups without taking a break (40/75)
- Run 2 miles in 12 minutes - Still running, no timing
- Increase my net worth by 80% this year (58%/80%) - Increased by 5%
- Play a set of tennis without double faulting - 4 double faults is still my average
- Achieve Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification - Deadline passed; goal failed
- Secure a full-time job - Getting some interviews
- Convince five people to start investing (4/5) - Another roommate opened an account!
- Establish and record 500 phone contracts (160/500)
- Establish and record 1000 email contacts (240/1000)
- Learn how to drive a manual transmission - No progress
- Achieve 1000 lifetime trades (420/1000)
- Complete my portfolio management spreadsheet and submit to sourceforge.net - No progress
- Attend a University of Michigan basketball game for free
- Master double-digit multiplication and division - No progress
- Give blood - Complete