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Ishoutandscream2

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18. Yep!! Pissed beyond belief!!

Reply to bif (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 07:55 PM

Mar 12

This shit didn’t have to happen!

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I've lost more that 10% of my savings in less than a week! [View all] bif Mar 12 OP

me too and my broker won't return my call Shellback Squid Mar 12 #1

Wow. That's pretty shitty! bif Mar 12 #5

Same. FalloutShelter Mar 13 #26

My money guy knows not to call me. Ms. Toad Mar 12 #21

I'm afraid to look at my investments. Emile Mar 12 #2

Savings, or investment valuation? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 12 #3

Investments I guess. bif Mar 12 #6

you haven't lost anything. that's how investments work. Groundhawg Mar 12 #4

? so the money is there but I just can't see it? Shellback Squid Mar 12 #7

It's only lost if you cash out now EdmondDantes_ Mar 12 #9

'over time' does not erase stopdiggin Mar 12 #12

Not Nessarily True ProfessorGAC Mar 12 #14

Good points! bif Mar 12 #16

Okay, so how about those years when the market rises precipitously? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 12 #17

I've Seen Thus... ProfessorGAC Mar 12 #19

All I can tell you is that I have more money than ever, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 13 #25

Then You Read It Wrongly ProfessorGAC Mar 13 #27

you didn't grasp what the post said stopdiggin Mar 13 #35

Why "8.5%"? It seems arbitrary. muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #32

It Doesn't Matter ProfessorGAC Mar 13 #33

Your math is irrelevant, because you're basing your math on a bubble muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #34

no. the math is NOT based on a bubble stopdiggin Mar 13 #36

Absolutely need also includes government forced withdrawals, Ms. Toad Mar 12 #22

thanks! a deserving clapback to one of those stopdiggin Mar 12 #11

Then you probably shouldn't have your money in the stock markets. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 12 #23

OF course not. you have invested in a roller coaster investment. Groundhawg Mar 12 #24

It depends on the time you want to tap the fund nitpicked Mar 12 #8

Did you time travel to bail in 2026? bif Mar 12 #15

I moved my 401K holdings Miguelito Loveless Mar 12 #10

You really, really have not lost a single penny PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 12 #13

Yep!! Pissed beyond belief!! Ishoutandscream2 Mar 12 #18

As long as you're not in a mandatory withdrawal situation - Ms. Toad Mar 12 #20

In a 'glass half full' thinking way, it is a great time to buy! Stocks are on a 10% off sale! I usually kelly1mm Mar 13 #28

There is little buying interest, things just move and trend all day. No bounces. Just flat to lower. bucolic_frolic Mar 13 #29

me too Maninacan Mar 13 #30

Was in high school for Black Monday in 1987 and all the panic -- my parents lost $XXXX now I can't go to college JT45242 Mar 13 #31