The market's down 8% in January alone. How do the fixed income/retired folks not fret?
The market's down 8% in January alone. How do the fixed income/retired folks not fret?
? just curious, why did you sell your TIPS. Are you rebalancing AA and putting the TIPS funds into equities?I think you can avoid too much fretting by imagining the worst and preparing for it. So FIRECalc should give you results you can live with for the periods (1) beginning with 1929, (2) beginning with 1968, and (3) the 1973-74 recession. You have to be honest with yourself and do a reasonable stress test.
Our portfolio was up about 8% last year and is so far down ~4.1% this year. The S&P is down about 9.8% so far in 2008. Our portfolio is targetted at 55/45. Just sold our TIPS.
hmmm, quality control problems? why does the last bottle look bigger and fuller[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Scenes From Lynchburg[/FONT]
hmmm, quality control problems? why does the last bottle look bigger and fuller
The illusion is entirely the angle of photography. The two middle are straight on to the camera and the ones on the ends are are offset a slight angle.hmmm, quality control problems? why does the last bottle look bigger and fuller
LOL, I don't really care, but just to be argumentative, how do you account for the liquid being higher on the neck of the bottle?The illusion is entirely the angle of photography. The two middle are straight on to the camera and the ones on the ends are are offset a slight angle.
Hmmmm.
If the "talking heads" would put a sock in it for a while the market will stabilize and float up or down based on real value rather than hysteria. Just my opinion.