Month End Report October '09

Days since inception: 669
Cash balance: $24.28 (all time)
Cents per day: 3.6293(since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Friday December 25th 77,446 AD

10/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 957.21 oz of Gold @ $1044.70 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 12,998.70 barrels of oil @ $76.99 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 61,553.61 oz of Silver @ $16.246 (as per Nymex close near month)


For two months in a row now I have missed my target. By the end of this month I had hoped to be at $25. Is my declining rate of finding money due to a deteriorating real economy even in the face of better than expected GDP numbers published this week? Is coin finding seasonal in my present location? Every month end seems to throw up more questions and never any answers!

Disappointingly for the first time since records were kept the completion date for my quest to find a million dollars has actually moved away from me by 107 years since last months report. It's a bit deflating to be honest, but the journey will continue. And my currently projected completion date falls on Christmas Day!

This month saw the 100 year flood at Castle Sidewalker. I also had an article published about Black Holes at FiLife and Sidewalker Jr. almost got expelled from Pre-K for shaking down the dinner line.

There is never a dull moment around these parts! I hope next month will be better, but I will have a conservative target of $26 by the end of November.

Happy Halloween...


-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $24.28

Month End Report September '09

Days since inception: 638
Cash balance: $22.55 (all time)
Cents per day: 3.5345(since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Sunday January 18th 77,339 AD

9/30/2009
$1,000,000
= 993.54 oz of Gold @ $1006.50 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 14,220.70 barrels of oil @ $70.32 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 60,808.76 oz of Silver @ $16.445 (as per Nymex close near month)

Although I did not reach my target of $23 by the end of September, I fell 45 cents short, I did manage to knock 7,000 years off my predicted completion date. I started off the month at the U.S. Open. Also, this month marked the first time we found paper money on the sidewalk when Mrs S. snagged a buck in the parking lot at the Malibu Diner in Hoboken. Is this further evidence of inflation? My Shopping with Sidewalker feature showed a month on month decline in prices, is this further evidence of deflation? And by the end of the month I had dogs living with cats, and cats living with dogs (see post below). These are indeed interesting times as we, as a nation, seek our 'new normal' in a testing economic environment.

For the sake of nice round numbers I will make my target for the end of October $25.In the next couple of days I will post about the investment decisions we have taken for the Sidewalker Fund. Let's hope the fun we had in September continues on into October and the Halloween season.


-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $22.55

Month End Report August '09

Days since inception: 608
Cash balance: $20.13 (all time)
Cents per day: 3.3108(since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Monday March 28th 84,704 AD

8/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,050.75 oz of Gold @ $951.70 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 14,318.44 barrels of oil @ $69.50 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 67,082.57 oz of Silver @ $14.907 (as per Nymex close near month)

Another incredible month at Castle Sidewalker and the totals are in. For the first time in the history of my quest the predicted end date is within 100,000 years of today! If I ever needed a sign that my quest was achievable I think I have it in that prediction date!

I have had some great finds this month with the Sidewalk Sofa incident, and my very successful trip overseas. I will give you more details of that trip in the posts of the coming days. The more observant of you will have noticed my total jumped from $18.30 to $20.13 without much documentation, I will fill you in on the missing details of that $1.83 shortly.

My target for the end of September is to have more than $23 in the Sidewalker Fund. A little ambitious, maybe, but my upcoming schedule requires I spend more time in Manhattan this month, so lets see how that pans out.

On Friday 4th September I will be heading to the US Open to do an article for FiLife.com. I hope to have that ready for publishing early next week, so keep an eye out for that.

Keep on looking down fellow Sidewalkers...

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $20.13

July '09 Month End Report

Days since inception: 577
Cash balance: $15.39 (all time)
Cents per day: 2.6673 (since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Monday February 19th 104,655 AD

7/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,047.67 oz of Gold @ $954.50 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 14,388.49 barrels of oil @ $69.50 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 71,864.89 oz of Silver @ $13.915 (as per Nymex close near month)

Another great effort in July has cut approximately 20,000 years from the completion date. It was touch and go whether or not I was going to reach my target total of $15 by the end of the month; with one day to go I still had a 2 cent deficit to make up. As you can see I made it with plenty to spare after a bonanza day in Red Bank, N.J. to finish off the month. I will cover the adventures of this trip next week. Other notable moments of the month included a positive article about the blog in The Jersey Journal by Troy Dreier, and of course the ongoing saga of the Starbucks gift card! I'd like to thank everyone for their words of encouragement, especially my followers on Twitter that are closing in on the 2,000 mark!

My target for August will be a little on the conservative side as we are off to Europe at the end of the month to see if we can find some ancient coins on the pavement there! I hope to have reached $17 by the end of this month.

Have a great weekend...


-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $15.39

June '09 Month End Report

Days since inception: 546
Cash balance: $12.24 (all time)
Cents per day: 2.2418 (since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Thursday November 7th 124,137 AD

6/30/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,077.59 oz of Gold @ $928.00 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 14,271.44 barrels of oil @ $70.07 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 73,664.82 oz of Silver @ $13.575 (as per Nymex close near month)

The big push in June has sliced just over 17,000 years off the projected completion date. I have managed to get my cents per day rate since inception over the psychological 2 cents per day mark. I have some travel plans during the next two months, it will be interesting to see if the new hunting grounds will accelerate or derail my quest. I will give a few clues to my destination a little closer to departure date.

I have set myself a target of $15 in total by the end of July. I will have to get lucky with a few quarters here and there, but fortune favors the brave...


-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $12.24

May '09 Month End Report

Days since inception: 516
Cash balance: $10.15 (all time)
Cents per day: 1.9670 (since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Friday January 7th 141,200 AD

5/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,020.30 oz of Gold @ $980.10 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 15,006.00 barrels of oil @ $66.64 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 63,492.06 oz of Silver @ $15.75 (as per Nymex close near month)

Well the May effort has slashed a further 13,000 years off of the predicted completion date, so the trend of reducing this date has stayed intact which is a positive. My rate of finding money has almost reached 2 cents per day, hopefully I can find enough in the next couple of months to get that "Cents per Day" stat firmly above two, then we should see the completion date really come in.

One worrying point is if you compare the commodity prices this month to last months report, you will see that the dollars I'm finding are buying less and less real stuff. I feel like I'm swimming against the tide...

-Luke Sidewalker

April '09 Month End Report

Days since inception: 485
Cash balance: $8.72 (all time)
Cents per day: 1.7979 (since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Tuesday August 11th 154,291 AD

4/30/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,124.86 oz of Gold @ $889.00 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 19,650.23 barrels of oil @ $50.89 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 81,037.28 oz of Silver @ $12.34 (as per Nymex close near month)

Well the good news is due to a decent April the predicted date to reach a million has come in almost 57,000 years from last months report! However it is a task that will remain to be completed by my heirs!

-Luke Sidewalker

March '09 Month End Report

Ok here it is, the first month end report.

Days since inception: 455
Cash balance: $6.51
Cents per day: 1.4307
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Thursday April 5th 211,488 AD

3/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,089.32 oz of Gold @ $918.00 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 20,475.02 barrels of oil @ $48.84 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 77,972.71 oz of Silver @ $12.825 (as per Nymex close near month)

So long story short, it looks like my legacy to Son of Sidewalker and his heirs will be to continue the hunt! Just to confirm that was not a typo, predicted date for a million bucks is two hundred and eleven thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight AD, the 5th of April (in case you were wondering)!

-Luke Sidewalker