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AnneD

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50. What little I do have in the Market...

Mon Apr 1, 2013, 03:45 PM

Apr 2013

is in indexed funds. But to be honest, the market is so rigged, what with high frequency trading, crooked ETF, and libor rigging.

I have gotten much smarter with my money, but the market is not where I would toss it at this time, unless I found a great company...and those are getting harder to find. Staying out of debt and hard assets and commodities are my comfort zone these days.

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Me neither. That's how I get to buy low. That's how, 25 years into retirement marybourg Apr 2013 #41

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What little I do have in the Market... AnneD Apr 2013 #50

25 years into retirement??? Tansy_Gold Apr 2013 #52

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