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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:00 PM Original message |
Anyone looked at their 401-K/IRA these days? How's it going? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think we should impeach the president and hold primaries again! |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. 1. Yes 2. Pretty good 3. Depends 4. Pretty good. 5 No. nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. A couple of weeks ago, 401K didn't matter...... |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. Doing great, thanks for asking.* |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Cool! In vested in Halliburton and Defense Stocks...they are doing |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. how is your 401-k doing? or your pension? they are all in the market... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. For most folks |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. My 401k is doing better than 2 years ago, but at about the same |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. May 20th...Have you checked your investments at the "Close" today? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. well, i've still got 30 years till i cash out |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Cool For YOU....You Got Yours in the BAG...let the rest SUCK... |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. i'm pretty sure the question was about "your" 401k |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mine, nice and stable |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-19-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm retired and mine is ok |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've recovered about a third of what I lost. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. IRA/401-K? Many of us "forced" into those Investment Plans have had problems. |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. IRA |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Not bad. Much better than in late 2008. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
12. pretty good actually |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. Pretty good. nt |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Very well ... and this is why ... |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Actually, it's less. Remember inflation? The dollar buys less. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Inflation has been very low ... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If you think inflation is low then - |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I do almost all of it ... next. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. But, you are a Technical Investor..and many here don't have the time or inclination to |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Bull %$#$%!! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. lol's...that was a good one.. How's it looking after "how many crashes?" |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. yup, and i my opinion, we recovered fast. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. Pretty well, but unfortunately I haven't been contributing for the last year |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. Doing well. nt |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
17. i lost a bit when the market went down the crapper, now it's back to where it was before. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. Mine's doing a lot better. I'm staying in. I'm 50. n/t |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Doing much,much better ~ thanks for asking |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. Taking a beating!! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. Mine's doing really well. Maybe you need a smarter financial adviser. nt |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. 99% of all portfolio's are down 10-18% in month of May 2010 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Care to share you Strategy since the last CRASH? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, my 401K gained back about 50% over the past year. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. My wife and I made $50,000 since highest point when Bush was president. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Doing fine thanks..went to cash early 2008..then bought back in for the run-up last year.. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. If you got out it was good...Some of us weighted to more cash...still for our 401-K's/IRA's we |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yeah I know..not all 401(k)'s were created equal.. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. True...and in America we should not have been brought up that "anything" was "Created Equal" |
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TEXASYANKEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Some good, some not so good. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. up 50 % |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. Jeez. I had been thinking about getting back into the market again. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. The time to "get back in" was when the dow was under 9k |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. Barely beating inflation. meh. n/t |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
44. Good. I made up what i lost. Thanks for the stimulus Obama! |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. Mine gained back what it lost last year and is doing very well. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
51. Mine is in pretty good shape, actually. I'm drawing on it now. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
53. Mine is up and doing fine...nt |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
54. Mine's doing well. n/t |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-22-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
55. Does it really matter who's president? |
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