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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:04 AM Original message |
Poll question: How much money do you have in the Stock Market? |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. All my money went into Treasuries a long time ago... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That's where ours is heading about a week and a half from now |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. If I may.... |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thank you ... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 06:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. The answer to your question..... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. 82% of my IRA portfolio is composed of stocks. |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
3. My 401k might be enough |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. Money? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. mine went to shit when I got sick...um,that's what happens. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That's awful. For others who find themselves in this situation - please do not liquidate your retir |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Thank you for this. Many people are not even aware of |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. it wasn't to pay medical bills-it was to survive |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. ... |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. What money? nt |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
11. Question for those of you with no money in the stock market.... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Like a lot of people, I've seen too much Wall Street crap and shell games |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm with you, in that I don't trust what others say about the Stock Market.... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Money market for me. I have a friend who has a 401(k) |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. No extra money to invest. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. No knowledge of investing. Wouldn't know where to start. n/t |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Here is a good place to start: |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Thanks for the reference! |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. cbdo2007 touches on something very important for you to remember.... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. I thought it was a good read when I was starting out.... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Sorry, I meant www.Vanguard.com not Fidelity, though many places will work ok. |
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InvisibleTouch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. If I wait 40 years... |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Hahaha, sorry!! Ok, put more $$$ in each month and sell in 20 years. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. No. Yes, we were in it and had to get out. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Nice bimodal distribution developing here |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. 'Betcha if you looked at the age distribution you'd see a match |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Zero. |
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mcollins (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. I stopped gambling some time ago. nt |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Really? And how is investment in the Stock Market a form of gambling? |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. That would be all of it... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. We listened to the "sky is falling" people in 2006. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Nothin' but cash-like things, not since 2008. nt |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
33. HA! |
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Billwelles (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. How much money do you have in the Stock Market? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
35. At about $14,000 a year, it would be ludicrous for me |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. Even if I was a brazillionnaire, I would not invest one cent in the U.S. Stock Market. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
37. I know how much we put in our IRAs etc each month, but I've been afraid |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. None. As far as I am concerned Wall Street is an evil failure of economics. |
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miyazaki (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
39. I have half of what I used to have. The other half went down the toilet. |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'm in the |
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