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Jim

Canuck57 wrote:
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Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 18:34:01 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

So, my retirement fund loses $80,000 due to Dem Chris Dodd of the
banking comitttee and Barney Frank and the other dems who refused to
take action in 2005 when they were warned their actions were
endangering the economy
No - you lost $85,000 because you were stupid enough to keep your
funds in whatever type of account you had it in.

Cash dude - been saying that for years - in fact, since 2004.

Haven't lost a thing because I recognized the bubble and kept my
powder dry.

Another couple of months, I'm ready to get back in.
Except the 2% LOST to inflation every year. or about 100/1000 over the
four years. With the twit going to be in the White House expect that
to double hopefully not the double digit inflation during the Carter
years.
Good point, as I am at about 2005 valuations, at least I got more than 1%
return using Jan 2005 as a base. And in the bank, you might not get your
money. The last place to put it is the bank, find a brokerage account
where the broker does not do loans, mortgages and the like.
Please explain. I think you got it backwards.

Lets see, $100,000 in the bank for 5 years @ 2% is a little over $110,000.
Inflation was 3% or higher for most of the period. So today, to have the
same buying power you need at least $115,000. So, in the bank you lost
$5,000 in buying power.

Which leads into the "liquidity crisis". What a line of bunk. There is no
liquidity crisis, there is a shortage of people who will supply money at
below inflation and lose value. That is, a bankrupt bank wants to borrow at
a rate lower than inflation and might not pay you back. Hardly a good
investment. But I digress.

You would be best to buy gold, platinum or silver even. Banks are bad long
term places for money.

Thanks. Thought you were talking about stocks.