February Results: Bucket Tracker Breakdown, Macro & Market Update

the Weekly FIVES Series [10 of 250]: This episode covers a macro and market update as well as the results of our February Bucket Tracker and the FIVES challenge.  How much did we spend in February?  How is our FIVES Fund doing?

 All designed to help you build a financial strategy for you or your family, the path to FI.

Here’s a free link to download and print The Bucket Tracker:  http://tinyurl.com/y3wcxxzy

Macro update…
34.5 t in US debt and have added 1t in the past 100 days.
We are spending 800b on interest to service the debt
Unemployment rate ticked up from 3.7% to 3.9% 
US employers added 275k jobs in Feb,
The average hourly pay rose 5 cents to $34.57, a yearly increase of 4.3% (down from the peak of 5.9% in 2022)

Market update...
Nasdaq:  down 1% for the week, up 9% ytd
S&P 500: down .12%, up 8% ytd
Russell 2000:  down .22% for the week, up 3.4% ytd
BTC: - flat on the week, up 54% ytd, and 50% in the past month.
Oil: down 2% for the week, up 11% ytd
MAGS:  Mag 7:  down .5% for week, up 17% ytd,

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