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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:12 PM Original message |
During the month of Aug I have lost $4,000 in just ONE retirement account |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not good, but there's a decent chance some of it will return. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Same here Steve... |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Email the NRA and tell them because of the Tea Party you cannot stock up on guns this year. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. I lost well into six figures of paper "worth" |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I see baggers sitting in their lawn chairs. I talk to baggers. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I don't feel a bit sorry for them |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. My retirement is in real estate and it is going nowhere but down. n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. The downrade was insignificant. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Indeed |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. We lost about $60,000 in 2007-2008 |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. We lost close to $28K |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I had paper losses of $200,000 during that period and did nothing. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. Ditto - they just won't "get it" until it affects them. I'm so sorry, Omaha Steve. nt |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Ummmm...... |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. So how' the Bush tax cuts working out for you all? And forgetting big government for a minute, |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. To us, it's losing living standards. To the rich.... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm not even looking at my 401K statements. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. i am not looking either. we lost a lot the last big one and made me sick.... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I was laid off my job in 2010. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Good move. nt |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. The rule is that people at retirement age should be all in savings or high grade bonds. nt |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. What's a retirement account?? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. that `s your contribution to the "shared sacrifice" |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Questions ... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I hope they don't. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's only lost if you plan on cashing out tomorrow. |
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pengillian101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Exactly what I thought and did...reinvested my 401K. |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. What's the percentage you've lost? |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have seen recent $40,000 dollar swings in mine month to month. |
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