How is the Average American Going to React

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Tomorrow is the last day of the 3rd quarter. Statements for retirement accounts will be sent out in the first couple of weeks in October.

What do you think the average American is going to do when they see that their 401(k)/403(b)/IRA/SEP accounts have lost 10-30% since their last statement?

[tekisui]

1. Vote for Barack FDR Obama.

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5. Seems like any reasonable person would vote out the Republicans

:shrug:

[El Supremo]

2. Other: Invest heavily in drugs

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4. The Cindy McCain Investment Approach?

:shrug:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. *DU link not established*

[nevergiveup]

6. The average American

is confused and really does not know how to react.

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7. Things are getting much more dangerous now.

30-50 million Americans want to retire in the next five years.

[TheKentuckian]

8. Other - Please Explain

Invest in drugs and booze and vote Obama.

[PretzelWarrior]

9. Quite a few will go ahead and hold on with positions and not change contributions

to money markets. Some might convert more to stable value funds, but I see many standing pat if they are over 5 years from retirement.

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10. That would be a good strategy.

Honestly.

[regnaD kciN]

11. Other -- get colossaly pissed at their congresscritters...

...for not supporting the bailout that they themselves had e-mailed their same congresscritter a week earlier to reject. :eyes:

[quakerboy]

12. that one is a pretty damn good guess

you must have met an American or 2 in your life.

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Most Americans are clueless...

while others just take what the M$M tells them as fact and never fully understand the situation.