My 401K dropped 5%! I don't need no fucking Winks!

[FrenchieCat]

I'm listening to a Body Language expert who doesn't have a clue...on MSNBC.

[AllieB]

1. Only 5%? You're lucky.

I'm down over 20% for this fiscal year. I'll be working until I'm 80.

[FrenchieCat]

2. I'm talking about in the last two Weeks!

[AllieB]

5. I hear ya. It's crazy! We'll all be working until we're elderly.

[high density]

3. I'm down more than 20% too

But hey, the shares I'm buying now are 20% cheaper...

[racaulk]

4. I second that! Mine dropped 9% last month.

:mad:

[codjh9]

6. I don't even want to KNOW how much my money is down, but I guarantee you it's

way more than 5%.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Which is why I wanted to slap the wink off of her eye!

:mad:

[billyoc]

8. You've heard of "working weekends", and "working vacations",

welcome to the "working retirement". :hide:

[specialed]

9. Sorry to laugh and I do feel the same pain...

But that's funny.

[lamp_shade]

10. Try 45%, Yea... me. My whole nest egg... and I'm getting ready to retire.

And I don't have 10-20 years to recoup. I'm sick.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Heartbreaking.

Should get those seniors to vote Obama-Biden.

[lamp_shade]

15. Thanks for caring. Looks like I'll be working a few more years than I'd planned.

:grr: :hi:

[Mz Pip]

12. We're down

about 20%.

We're both retired. I don't even know what to think about all of this. I will trust Paul Krugman's assessment. This sucks, it will continue to suck but doing nothing will suck more.

[davidwparker]

13. I've lost all gains since Dec 2006. Gee, where did the bounce go? Market's

closed. I see negative signs across the funds in my 401K.

You would think that the thieves in Wall Street would have given us a courtesy bump in gratitude.

[Johnny2X2X]

14. Shocked

I am utterly shocked that Congress gave Wall Street $700 Billion dollars today and the markets still fell sharply. The Dow was down 157.55 Points. Wall Street responds immediately and I had expected a surge of at least 200-400 points. This is just the start of a long dark Depression. I worry for every working class person in this country right now.

[Bigleaf]

16. My 401K is down 21% since 1/1/08.