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How to Build Wealth: Reviewing Our Nearly $1.4 Million in Investments
While we aren’t quite there yet, my wife and I took a step back to review our investment portfolio performance over the last 12 months. It was intriguing to see the progress. While the day-to-day news cycled through inflation fears, tariffs, market pullbacks, and even a Middle Eastern conflict, we stayed invested. It was a crash course in discipline, risk tolerance, and sometimes buying the dip while it kept dipping. In the end, our investment portfolio grew from $948,927.51 (April 1, 2025) to $1,398,505.46 (April 9, 2026). That’s a cash value increase of +$449,577.95 or +47.38%. That number is phenomenal, and the growth is solid. Being honest, too much growth…


