Your portfolio hit a new high. The house you wanted is still just as far away. That can happen without a single bad trade. You made money. But while you were building the portfolio, the thing you were building it for got more expensive too. It’s a frustrating result: getting the market right and still having to postpone the plan. We track entries, returns and all-time highs. It’s worth checking the price of the life those profits are supposed to pay for, too. A bigger balance matters. So does whether it buys more freedom than it did a few years ago. What do you measure your portfolio against: its previous high, or what you actually want it to buy?