Believe it or not, once upon a time, I was a civil servant. During that time, I began contributing to the primary retirement plan available to me, TSP. TSP is very similar to a 401k in the private sector.
Anyway, I got my annual report for the previous fiscal year. Actually, I had received and promptly forgotten about the report months ago. Why did I dismiss it for so long? Well, I'd stopped tracking it's performance a while back, mainly because I changed jobs, and was no longer able to make contributions. Out of sight, out of mind. Also, its performance the last few years had been pretty craptastic. It had experienced single digit gains 2 of the last 3 years, and actually lost money one year.
My initial reaction upon opening it and reading its contents was: JEEBSUS!
The 'I Fund', which tracks the 'Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Stock Index' was off the frickin' charts. Don't ask me what the fu[i][/i]ck all that means, cuz I have no idea. What I do know is that I had a 37.9% increase in the value of my 'I Fund' portfolio.
As many of you are aware, I've been trying to determine whether or not it was financially feasible for me to purchase that oh so expensive Premium Membership.
Well... seeing as I just had a nearly 40% increase in the value of my nest egg, which brings it up to a whopping $54.23, I think it'd be O.K. to splurge- just this once.
I had a considerable amount of money invested. It's like Christmas, except my father isn't drunk on egg-nog.