I considered writing an Aug 2016 Financial Update post. However, not much has happened in the month since the Jul 2016 Financial Update. As long as the trend continues to be upward and positive, I'm satisfied with the progress. I can provide a summary if it helps. The net worth has jumped more than the previous months mainly because of the performance bonus that I received. Our investment cash and cash on hand have increased by the same amount of S$4,000. Good to know this is becoming quite consistent. The ETF and Other portfolios have risen slightly but the Share portfolio has dipped. There was a spike in the dividend income and a small increase in the interest income. This can be attributed to owning the ETFs and shares for a longer period of time that qualifies for the recent round of dividends and the recent build up of our cash positions. That's enough ......