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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:43 AM Original message |
Folks please take a look at your investments NOW |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Amen |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have an 01K |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Shit, all we have left is the letter k.... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
64. lol n/t |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
132. I'm trying to sell my K |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
91. Yeah, my so-called investments are ***k'd too. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
135. hobbit and wc, I hug you both. I pulled mine and put it in cd's. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good advice. I don't own any stocks but if I did I would pay attention NOW! |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. I cashed in my retirement to pay the mortgage. |
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mikelgb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here are all my investments: |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
131. Same here |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. I remember your postings about retail |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The instocks at Target were a big issue... I posted about the crazy |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I did see that at Target a couple weeks ago. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
121. Aha! So *that's* what happened to Garden Ridge! |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yeah compared to 5 years ago Target has gone downhill. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
84. The target in my area is full all the time and I've been able to |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #84 |
104. me too |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
70. Home Depot shelves are a flatout disaster. Limited stock. I could not find a decent garden hose. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #70 |
126. Home Depot's web site is a disaster, too |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. The sky is not falling |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Good luck to you on that |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Inflation hurts lenders and helps borrowers. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. No kidding |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. If your buying hard assets |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Hey why not? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
116. Yeah, in the past year I have been sending 401K contribution |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Might explain why banks are jacking up interest rates to 30+%. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Well 31% is too high however... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. stepping up collection practices too |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
106. LOL |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #106 |
111. Well plus up to $39.99 for late payment fee. |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. If they sent that to collections, I would just wait out the statute of limitations. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. correct on the debt front. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
78. We don't have inflation.. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
133. inflation won't happen until the banks actually lend the money |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. I noticed that clothes were the hot item at garage sales this summer. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. My gun collection is doing just fine |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Some of my investments have soared 30% since February. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Good for you |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Very conservative move (fiscally speaking). |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
117. My CREF portfolio has rebounded more than 45% since February. |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. Thank god someone is paying attention |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I found out that I CAN'T get out. My husband has a federal-employee 401k |
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recoveringrepublican (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. My husband has that this is what we did |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Yep, we took out a loan a few years ago to pay off debt related |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
67. Can he roll over some of that 401k into the federal pension plan to "buy time"? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Hmm, I don't know. He won't be eligible for his military pension |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
112. Yeah, I wouldn't expect that buying time would change his years of service |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Thanks. I tell ya, state and federal jobs aren't the best paying or the sexiest, but |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 01:18 PM Response to Reply #119 |
125. You're right about that |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
95. Remember the reason they don't let you easily take it out |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. The reason they don't let you take it out is to protect the fund from |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. You have an option of roth retirement accounts |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. The don't put the money in to begin with, it isn't like the rules suddenly changed on you. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. Well, everyone's situation is different--"99 %" doesn't exist except in your mind. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. If you don't get a matching contribution.... why not stop using it? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. You are perhaps right--anyway, if all goes as planned, we will have my husband's pension |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. As long as one person is working.... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Good info, thanks. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #107 |
128. Even having a paid off mortgage is not the "protection" it once was |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Yes, that is depressing but true. I watched it happen in my own family, to |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. and it's an end to the generational wealth transfer |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
127. Actually, I didn't get it in my hot little hands. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Why pay the debt? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. +1. Stupid to pay down debt if you think inflaiton is coming. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Not stupid because anything can happen |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Well no paying down debt now causes you to lose purchasing power in the future. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
60. That's just wrong advice. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #60 |
72. If you are so deep in debt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Who said anything about out of control. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Again you are making the assumption we will have |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #83 |
92. No I'm not. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. Your posts logic |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Maybe you were reading right to left because I said the exact opposite. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Yes. Using cash to pay off debt right now is often not sound. |
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ipfilter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
80. Gold |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Because anything can happen |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. If what you say is going to happen |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Where did I say FOR SURE anything was going to happen? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Inflation will happen |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The better choice would be |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Actually taking on some debt on secured assets is an effective hedge |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm not saying it isn't |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Setting yourself up to be destroyed in high inflation enviroment buy paing down the one thing |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Not if you make proper investments for an inflation situation |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. If you are using cash to pay down debt where are you getting the $$$ to buy gold. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Like I said it is a gamble |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. No it isn't. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. As I say above |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. So you can pay off your mortgage is less than a year just based on your income? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. You know full well |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Exactly reasonable debt. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. No that would be the worst thing you coud do. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I'm just saying it is a gamble |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Or not pay off any debt. and hold a diversified portfolio of assets |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
134. I'm not convinced inflation is coming any time soon |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
71. I was about to ask the same question. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Ironically deflation is one period when you DO want to reduce debt load and... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. I have recovered a good part of what I lost in the |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
21. My Company won't let me touch my 401K |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Yup, same here--see my post #24. Sucks, doesn't it? The 401k |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Remember you are paying double taxes taking out a loan |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Not sure that matters to someone who is deep in debt, paying big interest. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. That is a good point |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. That's a good point. I guess it just depends on the magnitude and nature |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. In my opinion, that last bit of advice is as good as gold. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. +1. Tapping 401K via a loan is 99% of the time a bad idea. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
85. You shouldn't be paying ANY taxes on a 401(k) loan... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. All 401K repayments are based on taxed income. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. That is different than ACTUALLY being taxed on the loan.. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. You are being taxed on the loan |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #97 |
103. Which is NOT the same as the loan being taxed. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. Yes--you are not suddenly going to owe taxes on the loan amount-- |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #85 |
94. Wrong |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #94 |
101. Loans are not taxed. Period. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #101 |
105. Lol ok but the point is the same |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Again I don't want to tell people what to do because anything could happen |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. WTF? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. READ what I said |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Put them in a Money Market or Treasury Fund |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
26. *fingers in ears* La La La.... Obama has saved the economy...La La La.... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. . |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
32. What investments? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
52. I remember your thread from 2008, actually, about falling retail sales. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
58. Why not link and discuss relevant articles, instead of doing this? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. You can find articles saying anything |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
74. Too late, |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
81. Counter Advice: Sit on your cash. Sit on your debt. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Which is exaclty what I tell people to do in my OP |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
108. here's an article about which chains are doing well and which aren't |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
113. DU is all the financial advice I needed in 2007 |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
114. DO NOT pay down debt until AFTER you've built up a large rainy-day fund. - n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
120. what investments...? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
123. The dollar??? |
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