May, a month in review.

I was able to get out of the house this weekend, so yet again I am a couple of days late. However, I did capture all of the figures prior to market opening on Tuesday, so these will 100% be April numbers.

Vanguard Roth IRA – $96,415 (-$198 from last month).  No change in my distributions here.

TSP – $88,249 (-$12 with -$2.3K invested).  No difference from last month and no changes in contribution allocations. Happy about the dip as that meant I bought more shares for cheaper!

Taxable accounts – $43,027 (+$69, no additional investment). I had some extra cash freed up (more on this below), but did not quite find a good buying opportunity. Hopefully this month I can deposit a good chunk as long as something catches my eye.

Crypto – $19.6K (-$26K, no additional investment).  As I mentioned last month, I was waiting to see that 50K overall mark. Well, I saw it and sold ~6 of my ETH at around 3.7K each. I did end up keeping my entire stash of XLM coins (10K). From Elon all but admitting that he is manipulating the crypto sector on national TV, China clamping down, and energy concerns, I feel very much at peace about walking away with the extra 21K and change. I do not plan on re-investing into this space at all in the foreseeable future. While the technology is solid, the premise behind it being a store of value is getting more and more muddled for my liking.

Cash – $28.3K (+$21.6K).  As I mentioned, the huge jump was from selling off some of my crypto. At this point, just doing some more research on where it makes sense to park the money in!

Due to market fluctuation, my NW has decreased ever so slightly. Still happy where I am at though and excited for having some extra cash for hopefully near-future buying opportunities.

As far as my life enjoyment outside of work, that will get its own separate post in a couple of days as we had a recent long weekend and my wife and I definitely took full advantage of – in Rome!

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