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Inflation Could Cause Me To Lose Up to 30% of my Retirement
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Posted on 09/28/2022 10:53:42 AM PDT by quikstrike98

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To: tired&retired
Vanguard manages my 401k. They have done a decent job over the last 10 years. I should have been more directly involved in the 401k asset allocation.
141 posted on 09/29/2022 7:23:34 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: faithhopecharity

I’m working on my seed orders for next year now. They ran out last year and I ordered in December. Prices are skyrocketing..

I’m purchasing wheat, rye, oats, buckwheat, and corn at the farms. Cleaned and in bags. It’s hard finding alfalfa seed in 50# bags that is not pretreated.


142 posted on 09/29/2022 7:52:23 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: quikstrike98
If you work till you drop then you never have to worry/think about retirement or saving. Just work and spend until the end.

They will one day carry me off the field on my shield...

143 posted on 09/29/2022 7:56:00 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Your cash is melting at about 10%/yr.


144 posted on 09/29/2022 7:57:26 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va
Your cash is melting at about 10%/yr.

If invested, the market is dropping by more than that, so I'm net preserving my capital, and still earning the same yield as before because of the higher treasury rates.

I'm only losing when I spend the money on inflation-impacted products. Since my mortgage, utilities, and other recurring expenses are fixed rates, only my food and gasoline expenses are inflation-impacted, and those are not a majority of my household budget.

-PJ

145 posted on 09/29/2022 9:50:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: NicoDon

“Safe” bonds have had very poor returns the last few years, and with the Fed jacking iterest rates, there will be a loss of principal unless held to maturity. And since folks tend to invest in bond funds instead of buying individual issues these days, those losses will be realized.

There are no safe investments with Klaus Schwab and his minions running things.


146 posted on 09/29/2022 10:45:42 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: tired&retired

Interesting.

Not only has the administration been printing money at an enormous rate,
thus creating demand-side inflation

but

they’re giving away a lot of that new money to (able) people not to work,
thus reducing the supply of goods and services
and creating supply-side inflation

(Add in their various edicts and regulations that further reduce supply....like for starters, your gasoline and energy costs)


147 posted on 09/29/2022 11:07:31 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Political Junkie Too

I intend to jump back in after election also. But my decision is more political than economic. It’s just a repeat of 2016 after Trump won.


148 posted on 09/30/2022 7:32:13 AM PDT by PrinceOfCups (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party....)
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