Have you reviewed your retirement plans? - Page 2

glatt · 06-17-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

it is generally an income oriented large cap fund. Think of all the company names you know and you'll find most of them in there.

I probably got into that fund because I thought it would be less risky than the small caps. Funny how that worked out.

lookout123 · 06-17-2008, 04:06 PM

it is in the long term. i haven't looked at it lately, but it is built for stability. unless the management team has changed i see no reason why that should change.

loTEK911 · 06-18-2008, 07:08 AM

So I'm 29 now an this is my retirement plan so far... If, by the age of 60, Armageddon has not happened, there is no zombie breakout, I've not been gunned down behind my bar, or turned into road paste by a cager on a cell phone, I'm kinda screwed. I ask any finance savvy folk, when is too late? An what is a solid simple plan for someone with a... variable income? Humor my ignorance.

glatt · 06-18-2008, 07:27 AM

The sooner you start, the easier it is.

lookout123 · 06-18-2008, 08:32 AM

yesterday would have been better than today which is definitely better than tomorrow. You're only 29 and you'll be working for another 30 years. Start socking what you can away now. If self employed ask an advisor about SEP IRA's. A nice balanced fund would be a good place to start.

footfootfoot · 06-18-2008, 11:21 AM

Let's see:
Work work work work work work die. Yep, my plan's still as good as it ever was.

BigV · 06-18-2008, 11:34 AM

scf, pls. Don't want choke and fast forward to the end of the plan...

SteveDallas · 06-21-2008, 10:32 AM

I keep telling myself I'm buying shares when they're cheap.

lookout123 · 06-21-2008, 11:44 AM

As long as you are buying shares of quality companies then you are doing a good thing. Tell yourself whatever you need to keep going.

zippyt · 06-21-2008, 03:34 PM

We buy a Power ball ticket each week !!

DanaC · 06-21-2008, 03:38 PM

Honestly, I have no plan.

jinx · 06-21-2008, 04:13 PM

I plan on being a natural gas baroness. Hope it works out...

Plan B is that my kids will be rich and I'll just glom off of them.

smoothmoniker · 06-21-2008, 05:02 PM

I'm hedging everything on a chain of beeper stores. Everyone knows that technology is cyclical.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-21-2008, 06:47 PM

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06-17-2008, 04:06 PM	#17
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	it is in the long term. i haven't looked at it lately, but it is built for stability. unless the management team has changed i see no reason why that should change. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-18-2008, 08:32 AM	#20
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	yesterday would have been better than today which is definitely better than tomorrow. You're only 29 and you'll be working for another 30 years. Start socking what you can away now. If self employed ask an advisor about SEP IRA's. A nice balanced fund would be a good place to start. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-18-2008, 11:21 AM	#21
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Let's see: Work work work work work work die. Yep, my plan's still as good as it ever was. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-18-2008, 11:34 AM	#22
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	scf, pls. Don't want choke and fast forward to the end of the plan... __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-18-2008, 07:08 AM	#18
loTEK911 Abhorrent Aberrant Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 27	So I'm 29 now an this is my retirement plan so far... If, by the age of 60, Armageddon has not happened, there is no zombie breakout, I've not been gunned down behind my bar, or turned into road paste by a cager on a cell phone, I'm kinda screwed. I ask any finance savvy folk, when is too late? An what is a solid simple plan for someone with a... variable income? Humor my ignorance.

06-18-2008, 07:27 AM	#19
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The sooner you start, the easier it is.

06-21-2008, 10:32 AM	#23
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I keep telling myself I'm buying shares when they're cheap.

06-21-2008, 11:44 AM	#24
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	As long as you are buying shares of quality companies then you are doing a good thing. Tell yourself whatever you need to keep going. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

06-21-2008, 03:34 PM	#25
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	We buy a Power ball ticket each week !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-21-2008, 03:38 PM	#26
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Honestly, I have no plan.

06-21-2008, 04:13 PM	#27
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I plan on being a natural gas baroness. Hope it works out... Plan B is that my kids will be rich and I'll just glom off of them. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-21-2008, 05:02 PM	#28
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I'm hedging everything on a chain of beeper stores. Everyone knows that technology is cyclical. __________________ to live and die in LA

06-21-2008, 06:47 PM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Do you think the dot-org bubble is coming soon? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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