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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:42 AM Original message |
My 401K has lost 19.8% this year..... FUCK! |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's horrid. Sorry to hear that. nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. This is why Obama is going to win in a landslide... people looking at their 401K statements on Oct 1 |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. If they even have the guts to open up their mail. |
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AZ Criminal JD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Are people so stupid they can't use the internet? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Yeah, sure, they can go ahead and look. |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. You really should, so that you can catch any mistakes |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Naw, it's not worth my time. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. I can't even bear to look. |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not looking... I figure I'll wait until things rebound under Obama |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. The Dow And S & P Are Down By About That Much |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. My 401K has turned into a 100.25Z n/t |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. i'm not looking, not today at least. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. I liquidated everything last year because the market just wasn't |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. You are wrong. It IS about you and the problem you are having... |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. They want to put our social security in there so there's MORE capital for |
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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Dollar cost averaging though is good at our age |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Honestly, it's lost nothing. |
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Zenmaster (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe we should run Social Security the same way. |
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Abacus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. 24% here, but I'm 30 so I have time |
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Bill219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. My wife and I have lost $20,000 this year so far |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. So has mine |
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bethling (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. I feel your pain :-/ |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. My home was worth $500,000, now maybe $250,000..... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. In fairness, it is "worth", and always was, whatever someone is willing to pay. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. What he said was 2 years ago it could have gone for 500, now just 250, Mine has been for sale for a |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. In nearby Merced, CA, there are 1 yr old homes selling for 1/2 price... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. If he'd sold it for 500 two years ago, whoever bought it would be stuck with negative equity |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. Try being 58 and 67, like my husband and I. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I feel for you, seriously..... I hope you moved most to bonds.... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I feel for you, seriously..... I hope you moved most to bonds.... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Try being 69 like me. |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
19. Ours is the same, last go round it lost 40% in '01/'02 - it's taken all this time to come back and |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm sorry. We don't have a retirement plan other than to never retire, but |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm 62 and don't have time to recover from this BS |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It's really a shame that the 60+ crowd is tilted toward voting McCain. They need real help the most. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. welcome to the party....meanwhile our tax dollars are bailing out the criminals |
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petersjo02 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. I retired in 2003, just as the Bush admin. was affecting |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. My kids' college fund - down $1,400 in one week |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. When the dickhead was 're-elected' in 2004 |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. Keep contributiong, though. You have a chance to "buy low" |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Can't contribute |
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GrizzlyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. This is how I see it, an immense opportunity |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If this is 401K (and not IRA) and if you work for a small company |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm scared to check my 401k statement |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
41. Lost college funds. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. SD - consider yourself lucky. |
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TheDonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-18-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
47. My stock portfolio has been DEVESTATED. Thanks McClown and Co. |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-19-08 06:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm too worried to even look at my husband's account. nt |
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