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Old 09-12-2024, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
It's bad news for rich old people only to the extent that they'll have fewer pieces of gold to fill their coffins with when they're buried.
Harsh. Maybe they are concerned about needing expensive in-home care when they are older. Or supporting their unemployed adult children. Or something else.

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It's good news for anyone who has debt in any legal institution that charges interest.

It has zero impact on anyone who has neither savings nor debt.
Not true. Unless your investment portfolio is 100% stocks, bond rates and values are very sensitive to interest rates.