MarathonMan
Confused about dryer sheets
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- Dec 28, 2005
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In the next week or two I expect to sign a property settlement agreement as part of a Pennsylvania divorce. The agreement has a QDRO that calls for me to pay 165K from my 200K Meryl Lynch 401(k) account. Here is where it gets interesting:
I am responsible for gains and losses from then until the entry of the QDRO (perhaps 90 days). I am [-]afraid[/-] concerned that a major downturn in this time frame will leave me with a debt that consumes my 35K portion perhaps to the extent that I'm forced to liquidate other accounts to pay this debt (attempting to change the agreement involves even more risk).
Normally we don't concern ourselves with short term market fluctuations as we expect to be rewarded in the long term. With this, I need to find a way to stablize the account.
The account is invested 60% Meryl Lynch Retirement Preservation and 40% Blackwell SP500 Index (I'm 48 years old). Meryl Lynch claims their Retirement Preservation is my best choice but there are no gaurentees. It seems to me that, we might be at a point in time, where stocks have less short term risk that these 'safe' investments.
Does anyone have a feel for how much subprime exposure might be contained in this fund (or the Insurance/Banking company contracts it holds)? If it were your future on the line, would you throw it all on Retirement Preservation?
(I might need to start a late-retirement forum)
I am responsible for gains and losses from then until the entry of the QDRO (perhaps 90 days). I am [-]afraid[/-] concerned that a major downturn in this time frame will leave me with a debt that consumes my 35K portion perhaps to the extent that I'm forced to liquidate other accounts to pay this debt (attempting to change the agreement involves even more risk).
Normally we don't concern ourselves with short term market fluctuations as we expect to be rewarded in the long term. With this, I need to find a way to stablize the account.
The account is invested 60% Meryl Lynch Retirement Preservation and 40% Blackwell SP500 Index (I'm 48 years old). Meryl Lynch claims their Retirement Preservation is my best choice but there are no gaurentees. It seems to me that, we might be at a point in time, where stocks have less short term risk that these 'safe' investments.
Does anyone have a feel for how much subprime exposure might be contained in this fund (or the Insurance/Banking company contracts it holds)? If it were your future on the line, would you throw it all on Retirement Preservation?
(I might need to start a late-retirement forum)