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In reply to the discussion: Dow sinks 700 points as Delta variant fears hit Wall Street hard [View all]CountAllVotes
(20,854 posts)15. I'm set for another 10 years
If I'm still alive in 10 years, I'll worry about it then.
Its simply not an option for people like us.
Maybe a loss of $5K a day is nothing to a 1% person but that is a huge chunk of everything I have so it is not a viable to even consider.
The brokers told me to dump the solitary investment I still have almost 20 years ago.
They advised me to "Dance away from it". Uh huh you dummy!
So glad I did not listen to these self-serving frauds.
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I agree, unless they are rich - which most people, including us, certainly are not.
lark
Jul 2021
#6
One caveat: you do much better if you invest for income, not a killing on share price
Warpy
Jul 2021
#11
I am not at all deep into the money stream and I definitely don't do futures.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Jul 2021
#24