What's your net worth?

Just curious how everyone's doing in the savings/cap growth game...
Also interested to know how you're managing your money

I'll start.
3rd year Analyst, BB, about 150k net worth, 25 y/o
Mostly in cash (sad, but no time to manage).. in a few mutual funds but that's it.

I actually thought I would be doing better by now but with taxes taking half of what I earn, and the cost of living in NY... not much left at the end of the day

 

College student $1k in savings ~$1k in checking

I like to spend my money while I don't need it :-p

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

Genesis where do you work? Surely not a BB? Gotta make sure I stay the fuck away...haha.

People tend to think life is a race with other people. They don't realize that every moment they spend sprinting towards the finish line is a moment they lose permanently, and a moment closer to their death.
 
rickyross:
Genesis where do you work? Surely not a BB? Gotta make sure I stay the fuck away...haha.
Ah, love the cocky college kids who have no idea how expensive life can be during a boom. I spent my first year in BO/MO so didn't save much then. Made associate in 2 years, just finished 1 year, so $160k is actually not bad given how bad bonuses were here over the period. Would have made more at a BB but I like my team and quality of life.
 
Genesis:
rickyross:
Genesis where do you work? Surely not a BB? Gotta make sure I stay the fuck away...haha.
Ah, love the cocky college kids who have no idea how expensive life can be during a boom. I spent my first year in BO/MO so didn't save much then. Made associate in 2 years, just finished 1 year, so $160k is actually not bad given how bad bonuses were here over the period. Would have made more at a BB but I like my team and quality of life.

I don't think he's talking about the $160k but for the fact that you had a non-existant bonus.

 
Rice_seasoning:
Just curious how everyone's doing in the savings/cap growth game... Also interested to know how you're managing your money

I'll start. 3rd year Analyst, BB, about 150k net worth, 25 y/o Mostly in cash (sad, but no time to manage).. in a few mutual funds but that's it.

I actually thought I would be doing better by now but with taxes taking half of what I earn, and the cost of living in NY... not much left at the end of the day

Just to clarify, by net worth you mean the value of your assets and income?

Also is anyone here a homeowner? especially interested if you're an analyst

You know you've been working too hard when you stop dreaming about bottles of champagne and hordes of naked women, and start dreaming about conditional formatting and circular references.
 

He means amount in your checking and savings account along with any money you have invested.

So basically when the chick who said she was 18 turns out to be 16, how much cash you can throw into a suitcase.

"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
 

3rd yr associate (hopefully VP this year). $300k saved since starting out as 3rd yr analyst in 2007. again, no time to manage, all cash / equity trackers.

From the ghetto....
 

20 months out of school. 70k in cash... need to figure out where to put it. Anyone have any suggestions? Can't trade on individual names for compliance reasons, looking for mutual funds/ETFs. Equity markets scare me.... feels like a big false sense of confidence leading to a correction.

Where are people putting their money these days, which mutual funds? Looking for a good HY Fixed Income fund if anyone has suggestions.

 
Billy Ray Valentine:
20 months out of school. 70k in cash... need to figure out where to put it. Anyone have any suggestions? Can't trade on individual names for compliance reasons, looking for mutual funds/ETFs. Equity markets scare me.... feels like a big false sense of confidence leading to a correction.

Where are people putting their money these days, which mutual funds? Looking for a good HY Fixed Income fund if anyone has suggestions.

BillyRay,

I'd be cautious of fixed income funds at these levels. There are plenty of no-load funds out there that would be suitable for you.

 
Ben Shalom Bernanke:
Billy Ray Valentine:
20 months out of school. 70k in cash... need to figure out where to put it. Anyone have any suggestions? Can't trade on individual names for compliance reasons, looking for mutual funds/ETFs. Equity markets scare me.... feels like a big false sense of confidence leading to a correction.

Where are people putting their money these days, which mutual funds? Looking for a good HY Fixed Income fund if anyone has suggestions.

BillyRay,

I'd be cautious of fixed income funds at these levels. There are plenty of no-load funds out there that would be suitable for you.

+1. You may want to avoid the fixed income space.

MKballer
 

135k from inheritance (not including paid off school).

2 years at a government job where I saved 30 percent on 50k/yr - and dumped it all in EME Asia from 2008 -2010 in my 401k. So call it maybe 45k now (maybe 40k).

Remember kids; savings rate in this country is 3 percent. If you can beat that you're money ahead! Also it doesn't hurt having rich dead relatives.

 
Rice_seasoning:
MJP338:
Rice_seasoning, just curious - what have you been paying for rent in NYC?
2.3k although i used to pay 1.8k in my first and second year (smaller space/roommates)

You'd have to be living on a pretty sparse budget (or have started with cash from mom and dad / been given outsized bonuses) to have the savings you claim (unmanaged) with that rent...

 

Junior in college $(20,000) = Net Worth

$6,000 in the bank $1,800 accounts receivable $500 allowance for doubtful accounts $500 net property, plant & equipment

$17,300 loan from parents $10,500 subsidized loans from government

 
vanillathunder12:
Junior in college $(20,000) = Net Worth

$6,000 in the bank $1,800 accounts receivable $500 allowance for doubtful accounts $500 net property, plant & equipment

$17,300 loan from parents $10,500 subsidized loans from government

Why isn't your allowance for doubtful accounts netted against your Accounts Receivable? And where is your corresponding bad debts expense? And parents... uh oh.. we got related party transactions here... we want full disclosure Fastow!

(jk)

 
ihavetoomuchmoney:
VP @ BB. Net worth: 520,000 and growing :) Graduated undergrad and and grad with no debt, thanks dad! lol

This comment will net you 50 PMs from kids looking for jobs...

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

12K in few select stocks 5k in a 5% CD - before CD rates fell to the floor 5k in savings College Junior without debt, and workaholic!

"One should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it, indeed, especially when one doesn't like it." - Charlie Munger
 

20yr old junior living with parents...

$40,000 - Cash value of life insurance policy (thanks dad) $16,000 - Portfolio

$500 - Checking

$56,000 net worth and decreasing

Tuition paid for through part-time work and daddy. debt free!

 

370k, 3rd Year Prop Trader

Paid off 80k of student loans from state school and being on my own since i was 17

Put 150 into S&P at 84.04 on the way down and another 80k at 104.64 after greek crisis. ~10k value of car. money is in other investments now though for the most part (varying investments -- large focus on international and commodity linked equities)

 

1st year out of school. No debt.

App - $8mill (about 6mill in real estate and 2mill in equity and investments in private companies). Of Course this is all inheritance. Not going to manage it for a few more years.

Self made net worth - app $60,000 all in an investment account ( started day trading with internship money summer 09 and savings till then of about 15k)

savings account - 8k checking account - salary every 2 weeks.

 
alreadyrich:
1st year out of school. No debt.

App - $8mill (about 6mill in real estate and 2mill in equity and investments in private companies). Of Course this is all inheritance. Not going to manage it for a few more years.

Self made net worth - app $60,000 all in an investment account ( started day trading with internship money summer 09 and savings till then of about 15k)

savings account - 8k checking account - salary every 2 weeks.

I'm not one to be jealous, but I have to admit that this makes me sick. FML.

Array
 
Virginia Tech 4ever:
alreadyrich:
1st year out of school. No debt.

App - $8mill (about 6mill in real estate and 2mill in equity and investments in private companies). Of Course this is all inheritance. Not going to manage it for a few more years.

Self made net worth - app $60,000 all in an investment account ( started day trading with internship money summer 09 and savings till then of about 15k)

savings account - 8k checking account - salary every 2 weeks.

I'm not one to be jealous, but I have to admit that this makes me sick. FML.

dude, don't believe that shit. he's a troll

 
alreadyrich:
1st year out of school. No debt.

App - $8mill (about 6mill in real estate and 2mill in equity and investments in private companies). Of Course this is all inheritance. Not going to manage it for a few more years.

Self made net worth - app $60,000 all in an investment account ( started day trading with internship money summer 09 and savings till then of about 15k)

savings account - 8k checking account - salary every 2 weeks.

Well, you have the appropriate username...

 
alreadyrich:
1st year out of school. No debt.

App - $8mill (about 6mill in real estate and 2mill in equity and investments in private companies). Of Course this is all inheritance. Not going to manage it for a few more years.

Self made net worth - app $60,000 all in an investment account ( started day trading with internship money summer 09 and savings till then of about 15k)

savings account - 8k checking account - salary every 2 weeks.

rock on

 
International Pymp:
more than I need or deserve... but still a lot less than I want.

This will be my answer no matter where I am in life

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

Advice request for an incoming analyst please!

As a starting analyst whats the max I can put into a 401k?

With the $ left over (if there is) should I be looking into a Roth IRA or some other type of safe mutual fund investment?

 
Paul.Allen:
Advice request for an incoming analyst please!

As a starting analyst whats the max I can put into a 401k?

With the $ left over (if there is) should I be looking into a Roth IRA or some other type of safe mutual fund investment?

Paul,

I believe the amount is $16,500 and yes I would look into a Roth IRA. You can max out at $5,000/yr and it gets phased out as your income rises.

 
Ben Shalom Bernanke:
Paul.Allen:
Advice request for an incoming analyst please!

As a starting analyst whats the max I can put into a 401k?

With the $ left over (if there is) should I be looking into a Roth IRA or some other type of safe mutual fund investment?

Paul,

I believe the amount is $16,500 and yes I would look into a Roth IRA. You can max out at $5,000/yr and it gets phased out as your income rises.

Thanks.

Considering most individuals seem to have a decent amount of savings, do you guys not max out at 16.5k per year for your 401k? Isn't suggested that I max it because of the free money you get for your employer match?

Also, I should max the 401 before I consider the roth correct?

Thanks again.

 

I honestly don't believe in 401ks and IRAs. This sounds a little paranoid, but if you think about it it's basically true--they are simply ways for government to manipulate/socially engineer the population. As a soon-to-be full time entrepreneur, the rules are so favorable to small business owners that it'd be almost crazy not to take advantage of it, so I will. However, for everyone else, these retirement accounts basically take your cash--free or not, and most of it isn't--and turns it from a liquid to illiquid asset and ties you up in all kinds of red tape and bureaucracy the minute you want to do anything with it other than keep it in a fund that usually underperforms the market. I turned my IRA into a real estate IRA, which is cool, but there's more bureaucracy in it than you can shake a stick at.

I plan on working until I'm dead because retirement is the fastest way to a lazy mind and poor health (ever wonder why there are so many geriatric politicians who seem way younger than their age?).

Array
 

My God a lot of you have inheritances/parents that paid for school... which is great. Sure would have made things easier the first few years + preparing (aka budgeting) for bschool. Hopefully I can do the same for next gen.

 

This is gonna be a funny thread. In before 6 pages.

‎"Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns or dollars."
 

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