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Don’t panic. Don’t panic. Don’t panic. Am I the only one with a less than stellar 401k ytd? _________________________ You do NOT have the right to never be offended. | ||
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How far down? The DOW is down slightly YTD, all due to the slide the past month. Nothing to panic about yet. October is a notorious correction month for stocks. | |||
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| Be not wise in thine own eyes  |
I had been doing about 10% a year, now I am back to October 2017. There are a lot of big money Democrats. This has made me wonder if there is some manipulation being attempted. “We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden “Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021 | |||
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I was up 10% last quarter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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32nd degree |
I lost $2300 last week ___________________  "the world doesn't end til yer dead, 'til then there's more beatin's in store, stand it like a man, and give some back" Al Swearengen | |||
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yes it hurts but it's part of the process during rough patches like this i typically don't look lol i did throw some cash into a few stock mutual funds last week after a couple of those crazy down days ------------------------------------ Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. | |||
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Down about 50k this year. Bought a bunch last week since it was cheap. It's October and we were overdue for a correction, and the fed raised interest rates too much. All will be fine. At least I sold my old house before the rates went up. | |||
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| If you're gonna be a bear, be a Grizzly!  |
I'm down about 2.6 percent for the year. Moneywise, not a great amount, since I don't have a lot in my 401k. But I'm throwing as much as I can into it every paycheck. I don't have that many years left to retire. Here's to the sunny slopes of long ago. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
You're buying at a discount. Unless we go into the Great Depression V2 and you need the money now you'll be fine. Even in the Great Depression, the stock market was back pretty quickly, way before the jobs. I am concerned that there is some manipulation here due to the elections and that the media is playing this for all it's worth to hurt Trump. Lets see where things are in a month. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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I'm down about 5% in October. I don't have much but it does suck losing money. I'm new to this and nervous but everyone has told me to ride it out and it will be ok. | |||
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So YTD is weak. How are the last 3 years? 5 years? 10 years? 15 years? 30 years? Are you running a marathon, or a sprint? ___________________________________________ "He was never hindered by any dogma, except the Constitution." - Ty Ross speaking of his grandfather General Barry Goldwater "War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want." - William Tecumseh Sherman | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I don’t just focus on the Democrats but the real money people. I have felt the same as you that the stock market is manipulated in the short term purposely for politics. It’s the same reason smart individuals don’t play foreign currency markets, the central banks play games. If the currency markets can be rigged, why not any specific country’s stock market. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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Stocks are down? Heck no. Stocks are on SALE boys! Buy Buy Buy! ----------------------- be safe. | |||
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Maintain that long term mentality. We are currently about 40% market invested with our retirement funds. Goal is to get to 45% for the long term and had been as low as 25% in 2008-12 as I couldn't see an upside. (That decision cost us a bit). I've added about 5% weighting this year and will add another 5% after the midterms. Key is to keep in mind your time horizon. Even at 58 we won't need to liquidate any of that 40-45% for at least 10 years. Historically 10 year returns are pretty damn solid. | |||
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| come and take it |
My long term plan is to work for 16 more years, so I tell myself I am continuing to buy more shares cheap. It's mostly working, but I prefer to see it go up! When the Fed raises interest rates it sure cools things off for a while. I don't think we need 3 increases next year. I have a few SIGs. | |||
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| Green grass and high tides  |
I adj. our portfolio from a more aggressive mix to a bit more of a conservative mix since retirement is on the horizon. Did that a couple of months ago at the height of the market. Since then the dow has gone down more than 2000 pts and the S&P has dropped significantly as well. It has hurt, but guess it would hurt quite a bit more had I left it as it was. . I was not trying to time the market but felt a down turn was in the offing soon. Hope things level off and move forward in a positive direction. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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Chip away the stone |
My YTD is -2.52%. 3 yr. is at 11.29% and 8 yr. is 9.66%. Pretty typical, I gather. | |||
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| Shit don't mean shit |
On Sale, eh? Been quite a run since the low in late 2007 / early 2008. (Note: I am 100% in stocks.)  | |||
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I feel your short term pain, plus a couple of less than stellar choices on my part have my IRA in a similar place. My 401k is also in the same boat but that portfolio is more varied so it doesn't seem to hurt as much. I'm in my mid '60's and probably won't be considering retirement for a couple more years at least. Conventional wisdom says I should be migrating to less volatile investments but I don't want to lose money plus any advantageous gains that have been the hallmark of the latest bull run in the market. That and the plausible fear that I will need every penny in retirement(Guns don't grow on trees, and I still need to buy a Glock  )Bill Gullette | |||
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| Green grass and high tides |
100% stocks. That is awesome 1967 goat. Your investment model is one that is optimistic. It sounds like you are confident and in the end nothing risked, nothing gained. Right? "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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