It’s the last month of the year – Dec 2017. This year has gone by quite quickly for us and it was full of ups and downs with our work and travels. But still better overall compared to last year (2016). Anyway, I updated our Net Worth Nov 2017 numbers last night and wasn’t too pleased with some of the figures. Thought I should write about it since my last net worth update post was for Aug 2017.

Cash (+3.36%)

Cash holdings went up significantly because of our sale transactions in Nov 2017. I decided to take profits on some of our individual stocks to reduce exposure to certain sectors. And to restructure and simplify our investment portfolio. Given that my wife’s bonus payout is this month, we are expecting cash holdings to have a higher than average increase for Dec 2017 as well. But I reckon the latest round of wedding ...