“Anybody here look at their IRA balances the last couple of days? Mine evaporated...along with our chances of winning any election.”
The warning signs have been there for 2 years. Don’t you have the option to move your money into bonds and treasuries? We did and are up slightly for the year.
I moved mine in June, to cash reserves; doing OK, but I’m still gonna have to live under a bridge somewhere when I’m old. I never had money (had kids instead) to buy a house. Had I known I could lie about my salary and get a McMansion...