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Thu May 05, 2022 10:26 am

I've been retired for about 3 years. When I first retired, I hated weekends because stores and roads were crowded. Did all my stuff during the week. Now I hate weekdays.....because the stock market is open :cry:

Thu May 05, 2022 11:06 am

It's only a loss if you cash in.

Thu May 05, 2022 11:06 am

rcroane wrote: I've been retired for about 3 years. When I first retired, I hated weekends because stores and roads were crowded. Did all my stuff during the week. Now I hate weekdays.....because the stock market is open :cry:

Do yourself a favor and don't follow it. Work on your car or do some gardening, or hang out on The Samba... :) I've been retired for 6 months now and after 50 years of working it is an adjustment, at least for me... 8)

Thu May 05, 2022 11:15 am

Jon Schmid wrote: rcroane wrote: I've been retired for about 3 years. When I first retired, I hated weekends because stores and roads were crowded. Did all my stuff during the week. Now I hate weekdays.....because the stock market is open :cry:

Do yourself a favor and don't follow it. Work on your car or do some gardening, or hang out on The Samba... :) I've been retired for 6 months now and after 50 years of working it is an adjustment, at least for me... 8)

Working on trying not to look. I think I'll just have to keep the TV and computer off....spend more time driving my bug!

Thu May 05, 2022 11:16 am

Glenn wrote: It's only a loss if you cash in.

I remind myself of that every day. :wink:

Thu May 05, 2022 11:24 am

I guess the point of your post is to complain about the stock market?

Is the stock market down?

Thanks for the heads up, going to go send some $$$$ to my 401K so I can make more money later

Thu May 05, 2022 12:03 pm

Easy cure, do what I did, tried retirement for two years and now have a full time job doing 45+ hours a week and weekdays are fun again and get to spend the weekends working on VW's.

Extra bonus is there is more coin to buy parts with.

Thu May 05, 2022 12:07 pm

The first test for a sophisticated investor is

“Do you follow the stock market?”

Yes , is an instant fail.

Thu May 05, 2022 12:20 pm

EverettB wrote: I guess the point of your post is to complain about the stock market?

Is the stock market down?

Thanks for the heads up, going to go send some $$$$ to my 401K so I can make more money later
Yes.. buy now, stocks are cheap.

Thu May 05, 2022 12:42 pm

Will Rogers' stock market advice:
"Buy low, sell high; and if it doesn't go up, don't buy it in the first place."

Thu May 05, 2022 4:18 pm

Jon Schmid wrote: Do yourself a favor and don't follow it. Work on your car or do some gardening, or hang out on The Samba... :)

That's what I do. My pensions and 401k are handled by an investment company where even the janitor knows more about this stuff than I....so I let them handle all this.

Soap/consumer products, golf, softball, tennis, and some mechanical stuff I do have some knowledge about.....

Fri May 06, 2022 6:15 am

Glenn wrote: EverettB wrote: I guess the point of your post is to complain about the stock market?

Is the stock market down?

Thanks for the heads up, going to go send some $$$$ to my 401K so I can make more money later
Yes.. buy now, stocks are cheap.

and getting cheaper everyday...

last 2yrs bubble is gradually leaking out...probably settle when DOW gets back down to 30K...

Fri May 06, 2022 7:08 am

Should have invested in "CRAZY" instead of the stock market. There seems to be a hugely growing trend for more of it these last few years. :shock:

Fri May 06, 2022 9:05 am

If all of your investment is in the stock market, you will go nuts watching the "roller coaster" that the market rides on. Financial advisors always say to diversify your portfolio. When we first started investing, our guy said that we could expect to average 7% per year return and that was many years ago. He was wrong in that the return has probably averaged upwards of 10% over its life. Some years have seen a 25% gain while others have seen a 15% loss. Let it ride.

Fri May 06, 2022 9:44 am

You can't watch the stock market every day and worry about it. I try to only check my investments once a month.

I enjoy watching the price of Gold, Silver, and Oil. To me that is a far better indicator of what is going on.

Fri May 06, 2022 11:43 am

... i don't HATE anything, but prefer weekdays over weekends - because NPR has the best news programming - M thru F beginning at 5 AM -KWGS - I'M
retired too... z

Tue May 10, 2022 12:04 am

The only NPR I'd publicize is their Pistons and Cylinders.

Tue May 10, 2022 12:24 am

I think coal is going to sky rocket. Probably replace oil entirely as the foundation for our economy. What was the question?

Retirement can kill ya, be careful. The best medicine is do what you did a bit here and there. Figure a work around on it, expand your control over your previous position in your day to day life. Make it your new job, you’re retiring.

Or not😂

Tue May 10, 2022 4:06 pm

I took up a new hobby - reloading ammo. I love it! I can see myself doing this stuff to pass time when I am retired. :lol:

Maybe take up welding and make a giant grill -?

Tue May 10, 2022 4:12 pm

VWFIXER wrote: I think coal is going to sky rocket. Probably replace oil entirely as the foundation for our economy. What was the question?

Retirement can kill ya, be careful. The best medicine is do what you did a bit here and there. Figure a work around on it, expand your control over your previous position in your day to day life. Make it your new job, you’re retiring.

Or not😂

Steam punk will be the new tech! :wink: Dr. Loveless is the next Elon Muskl.