ive pers. lost 40% and tempted to yank it all out and stop making deposits.
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jim wrote: >> But still - I've lost nearly 30% of my retirement savings in the past three >> months. After working 15 years I've lost nearly a third in three months >> (numerologists can have some fun with that). >> > > And people are asking why I've been pissed off lately. I've lost 50%. > > Luckily we had a lot of money in cash and various currencies that > didn't get hit but it was a fraction of what we have in the market. > > In retrospect, given we knew my wife wasn't going to work for awhile, > we should've pulled a lot more out of the market. > > The good news is we've still got a lot of time to get our money back > and save more. > > It'd be a real bummer right now to be between 55 and 65, especially if > you hadn't saved much and had it all in the market > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290921 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
