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Offline duh

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Another Black Monday
« on: Sep 16, 2008, 05:50:58 AM »
I hardly ever catch the news but I caught the financial news last night.  I never knew that AIG owned MetLife which is the stock I own and was just getting ready to sell to pay my debts.  It doesn't look like I'll be able to do that now.  Fudge, has anyone else been hit by the "restructuring"?

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #1 on: Sep 16, 2008, 09:34:40 AM »
I have not been hit only because I have no stocks but I know that my parents have been hit hard.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #2 on: Sep 16, 2008, 09:49:55 AM »
Many huge companies have tanked, and many more, including WaMu are circling the drain. Scary to watch.
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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #3 on: Sep 16, 2008, 11:55:25 AM »
401K  took a big hit.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #4 on: Sep 16, 2008, 06:30:11 PM »
Yeah, I have already been loosing ground with the 401K so I can only imagine after yesterday.  I'm afraid to look at it.
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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #5 on: Sep 18, 2008, 05:45:20 AM »
401k's sounded like a good idea but most of the management companies that run them aren't worth their incorporation papers. 

I hope things turn around but I'm not feeling hopeful.


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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #6 on: Sep 18, 2008, 12:19:13 PM »
401Ks are a good deal, especially when your employer matches anything you contribute.  Most 401Ks these days are managed by an investment firm.  I was able to pick what my money was invested into and know the risk are higher when you go for larger gains in a short amount of time.  Sure the money could be in CDs getting 3 or 4% guaranteed but on the outside chance that you can make 15%, sometimes you have to take the risk.  Mine is fairly diversified so I have some high risk and some low risk which means I'm going to lose some just not all in a situation like this.

It's still better than having nothing, though.
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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #7 on: Sep 25, 2008, 08:32:06 AM »
Right now I think 3 or 4% is generous.  We nailed in our CD in March for 3.04 (a year ago our daughter's small CD's got them 3.58%).  Last I saw at our bank the $5,000 special was 2.89%.  My husband started watching his 401k very closely this spring because it was about to pass an "important" dollar amount.  :rolleyes1: It has dropped almost 4K since then--and he puts almost quite abit every month into it!!  lol - I keep telling him that "We're buying low, we're buying low.  Calm down, it's not like we're 65--we're just 25." 

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #8 on: Oct 09, 2008, 07:24:50 AM »
With care the investing you do now can really produce some nice gains landofoz.  As long as the companies don't go under.  The companies you are looking for are the ones that have very little corporate debt and are for staples as I'm sure you know.  Those have the best chance of sticking around.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #9 on: Oct 11, 2008, 07:44:39 PM »
I made the mistake of looking at 401k yesterday...it is down 1/3 since this time last year, thought I was going to be sick  :eek:.  Went and bought some chicken pullets this morning, gotta bad feeling that we had all better be able to take care of ourselves in the not to distant future.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #10 on: Oct 12, 2008, 05:39:03 AM »
Not a bad idea.  I just can't afford to build a chicken coop right now.  Wish I could.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #11 on: Oct 13, 2008, 04:51:22 PM »
Looks like it was a much better day today with the Dow closing up 936.42 or 11.08%.   :yay_jump: Made a little bit back but still a long way to go.  I still refuse to look at my 401K.   :smileyNo: If it's down a 1/3 then we need several more days like today to make the ground up that we lost.  The guy from Mad Money said this morning that it would take at least 2 years to get back to where we were before things started going south.
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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #12 on: Oct 13, 2008, 07:26:44 PM »
I talked with my accountant friend today at work, he said if we the market would perform this way the rest of the week (7 days) we would be back to where we were 1 year ago today.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #13 on: Oct 13, 2008, 08:07:32 PM »
I sure hope it does.  That would make for a good week.  Now as long as gas prices don't start creeping back up, we might be ok.
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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #14 on: Oct 14, 2008, 10:01:32 AM »
I've got my fingers crossed for everyone who has stocks.

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Re: Another Black Monday
« Reply #15 on: Oct 14, 2008, 10:58:29 AM »
My ex has made $2000 already today.. on one stock. He bought it just the other day - at bottom $$. With the upswing today, it has gained 45% so far. I know all this 'cause he's here helping me with gravel today... he can be nice when he wants... lol
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