"Won the Game" Strategies

[Car-Guy]

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Originally Posted by BeachOrCity Instead of asking myself if the stock market goes down by 50 percent woukd i hold the course, i recently asked myself a different question: If the stock market went down by 50 percent would i still RE? I adjusted my AA to the point where this question remains “Yes”! Kind of a variation on “won the game”.

Actually that's getting "closer" to how I see it. If you can retire without the "need" for market returns, then "IMO", you have won the game. That's not saying you should get out of the market but just that you are not dependent on it to retire and maintain your chosen lifestyle and/or plans.

[Winemaker]

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Originally Posted by RobbieB Me thinks the fear is watching another partner get the next big deal and all the glory.

I have to agree that this is the reason.

It is also the same reason we have some of the mainstream media reporters/ talking heads/celebrities/maniacs who should have retired years ago, and actually think that others sit on the edge of their sofa waiting for their news story or opinion. It goes for politicians, too.

It's a lust for the spotlight.