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lark

(23,061 posts)
6. I agree, unless they are rich - which most people, including us, certainly are not.
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 11:38 AM
Jul 2021

Good thing you made up your own mind and didn't listen to the brokers! Hopefully repugs won't end SS, Medicare and end us! That's why I am so worried about voting rights - they intend to turn us into a ne0-fascist country & might have the SCOTUS to implement it.

We are happy now, have a nice if dull life. Next year when he retires, the wheel will turn again and our lives will change. I pray the pandemic is over and we can get a Travel van and hit the road, travel to new places and to see old friends. If not, we will find something else and continue to be fine - together! We've already added "puzzling" to things we do and plan to also expand on our garden and make it much bigger next year. WE sadly learned that our newly uncovered soil is bad and will have to "fix" it next year before planting our beloved veggies in the ground.

Now down 800 brooklynite Jul 2021 #1
Its day like this that I am very glad CountAllVotes Jul 2021 #2
Me neither. lark Jul 2021 #3
People that are older have no business in the stock market CountAllVotes Jul 2021 #4
I agree, unless they are rich - which most people, including us, certainly are not. lark Jul 2021 #6
I'm set for another 10 years CountAllVotes Jul 2021 #15
When I worked in financial services... Orrex Jul 2021 #32
I'm not a gambler... brooklynite Jul 2021 #5
Many normal people have retirement accounts IronLionZion Jul 2021 #9
True. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #19
I have a retirement fund CountAllVotes Jul 2021 #27
Not gambling. Dopers_Greed Jul 2021 #17
Many people see this "return to normal" as a charade despite the MSM's happy talk PSPS Jul 2021 #7
It has recovered somewhat but it looks like a wild ride Warpy Jul 2021 #8
The stock market is not gambling. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #10
One caveat: you do much better if you invest for income, not a killing on share price Warpy Jul 2021 #11
That is very true. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #23
Annuities became a dirty word when we went to fiat currency and found Warpy Jul 2021 #25
There are lots of different annuities. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #33
only problem is it is not "market" driven.... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #13
I am not at all deep into the money stream and I definitely don't do futures. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #24
I didn't say you couldn't do well investing... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #29
Ummm, you can sell your stocks at any time. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #34
well, almost any time..... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #36
Gamestop was hardly the way things normally work. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #39
that is exactly what happened.... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #40
At the risk of repeating myself, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #42
Day trading profiteers? We've seen it before. Auggie Jul 2021 #12
Day trading is gambling -- investing in managed funds is usually the safest long term strategy JT45242 Jul 2021 #14
Thank you for posting this. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #26
I love red days Dopers_Greed Jul 2021 #16
Nope... brooklynite Jul 2021 #22
Buying today. James48 Jul 2021 #18
Unvaccinated people effect the economy Johnny2X2X Jul 2021 #20
Other sources are saying it is earnings season; thus the drop. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #21
my only solitude in all of this is... Javaman Jul 2021 #28
Big whoop SpankMe Jul 2021 #30
No worries, my gurus have me informed bucolic_frolic Jul 2021 #31
So the result of today's stock crash is that the market is down to... brooklynite Jul 2021 #35
Let me see OldBaldy1701E Jul 2021 #37
Market participants needn't worry Lord Ludd Jul 2021 #38
I checked closing numbers 7/19/21 Marthe48 Jul 2021 #41
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