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Old 05-17-2008, 05:14 PM   #61
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And the reason for that is what again?
So you can save enough for a second drunken lust-filled rampage?
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So you can save enough for a second drunken lust-filled rampage?
Which is exactly what buckets are designed to do. See, you get three altogether. Then you die.
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Which is exactly what buckets are designed to do. See, you get three altogether. Then you die.
I'd like to join the rest of the board in realizing that quite a few of us are living on borrowed time...
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Damage Control in Difficult Markets
The May 16, 2008 PBS show Wealthrack.com discusses alternatives for protecting your capital in a market downturn during the first few years of retirement (these alternatives have already been discussed in several threads on this forum):
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