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JaneQPublic

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31. Belated Happy Birthday!

Reply to Tracer (Reply #30)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 10:05 AM

Mar 2020

That said, your situation puts mine in perspective, as someone in her early 60s and still working full time.

Regardless, there's a whole bunch of us all in the same boat regarding our retirement funds. Whether that's comforting or more distressing, I'm not quite sure.

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Dow drops 1,400 points and is now on pace to close in a bear market, down 20% from its record [View all] rdking647 Mar 2020 OP

. . . or, after a good bounce, still another big wave down empedocles Mar 2020 #1

Oh my retirement account :( Politicub Mar 2020 #2

So I go to the doctor, and I sez, mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2020 #3

I can't work up the courage to check my 401(k). (nt) JaneQPublic Mar 2020 #4

Don't look. I wish I hadn't yesterday. Politicub Mar 2020 #5

I don't want to make the same mistake I did in 2008. JaneQPublic Mar 2020 #6

I have been delaying and delaying taking money out of my retirement accounts. Tracer Mar 2020 #30

Belated Happy Birthday! JaneQPublic Mar 2020 #31

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Glad my rollover IRA customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #18

Same here CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #19

Aw, you customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #20

I complained, believe me CountAllVotes Mar 2020 #22

Well, she taught me a lesson customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #23

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This drops only another 1000 points and the DOW is Bengus81 Mar 2020 #15

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1/20/17 the DOW was 19,827 but if this keeps up it won't matter much Bengus81 Mar 2020 #25

All true, but you're moving the goalposts a bit onenote Mar 2020 #27

Ok...point taken Bengus81 Mar 2020 #29

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