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Ilsa

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4. Like ReRe, I'm frustrated about where to place our

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 08:20 AM

Dec 2014

Meager savings. Hubby has a 401(k) whose "home" he cannot control. I have an IRA at a brokerage firm which is not NYC based, but it's still NYSE/NASDAQ partially invested.

I guess we need to put the money in credit unions, but I suspect they are indirectly invested at the same gambling table the TBTF banks are in.

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Bankers Want Your Savings As Part of Their Next Bail-Out [View all] eridani Dec 2014 OP

I think people would take the law into their own hands if they do this. obxhead Dec 2014 #1

So, where are we going to put our pension funds? ReRe Dec 2014 #2

Break Up The Big Banks billhicks76 Dec 2014 #3

Like ReRe, I'm frustrated about where to place our Ilsa Dec 2014 #4

These plans have been in the works ever since Greece and are global. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2014 #5

Really? tweetypie Dec 2014 #6

Is this just amounts over FDIC limits or are they saying "screw FDIC"? Thor_MN Dec 2014 #7

Don't know about that eridani Dec 2014 #8