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1StrongBlackMan

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2. I think the OP ...

Reply to RB TexLa (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 25, 2014, 12:25 PM

Jan 2014

is a tad hyperbolic, but the point is ... 401ks, and all market-based defined contribution retirements, are unstable/unpredictable, as they depend on the market's performance.

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