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customerserviceguy

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11. Anybody who had a hundred dollars
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 09:43 PM
Jul 2019

in 1928 is dead today.

If you take a long enough view, anything is profitable, I guess.

Enjoy the ride while it's still exciting.

The millenials customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #1
And of course you've lost out completely PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #2
I probably would have lost customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #3
"but never makes new lows. At least not since 1933." progree Jul 2019 #4
Ahhh, thank you. I had only ever looked at the Dow since the 1920s or so. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #6
S&P 500 has made 218 all-time highs since 2013 progree Jul 2019 #5
Thank you for that. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #7
Sounds like anybody getting in now customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #9
Nobody thinks it's a "sure thing" who knows anything about it. progree Jul 2019 #10
Anybody who had a hundred dollars customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #11
I survived the 1987 crash, the dotcomm and the housing bubble crash, and after each crash, the stock progree Jul 2019 #12
Well, the dot-bomb customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #13
Had you kept the money invested, you would be doing quite well progree Jul 2019 #14
Like I also think I said customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #15
If you don't need to draw upon your savings/investments in retirement, then fine. progree Jul 2019 #16
My plan is to withdraw customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #17
Do you have to take required minimum distributions (RMD's) on your IRA progree Jul 2019 #18
Not yet, will be 64 later this year customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #19
The Roth IRA makes sense in any tax bracket progree Jul 2019 #20
+1 CountAllVotes Jul 2019 #8
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