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Old 09-03-2020, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by davem4616 View Post
The stock market is the stock market...it goes up and it goes down. If you can time it...you were just lucky once or twice

IMHO if you are still depending upon the stock market at this point in your life to get by...just maybe you didn't make all the right financial moves or plan all that well

if that is the case, I hope that you make it though whatever is going to happen okay...I wish no one unhappiness or financial struggles

I'm thinking that they teach investing for your retirement in high school as a required course...or at least the power of money and time
Wonder how many people here know what the rule of 72 is?