..., Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote: Well, since we do well to get 50 percent to the polls, we really can't complain too much. Sure we can. I would put forward that the low poll turnouts are the result of the actions of our politicians rather than the cause (though there is no doubt some positive feedback going on there). Course, it may be that there's not really all that ...

...after that was a real crap shoot because there was not much in the way of predictive factors that would tell an investor which companies would survive. Of course, the number of stock market investors was low back then, but my grandfather was one of them....he was wiped out for a long, long time. Trust me, people were not making money in those market conditions. A second, somewhat milder form...

... to explain the current lack of savings. These range from a feeling on...that they do not need to save because of the run-up in...by the effects of global competition. Whatever the reason for the low savings, economists warn that it the...retirement age. Instead of building up savings to use during retirement, baby boomers...downside for the people who have saved for retirement is that there ...

... was a story on the radio yesterday that suggested this statistic isn't as bad as it sounds, because Americans have savings in instruments that aren't part of that number and didn't exist 74 years ago. Social Security (assuming you believe it will exist when you retire<grin>), apparently 401(k) plans aren't ...

...fee only financial planner. One of the things that really makes saving a drag is the phenomenal complication of it all. You can no longer just sock your money away in a savings account and earn decent compound interest. It does seem that it was much simpler in our parents' working years. And I personally cannot find the time or attention span to absorb the complexity ...

... just sock your money away in a savings account and earn decent compound interest. And I personally cannot find the time or attention span...reasons to explain the current lack of savings. These range from a feeling on the...> Whatever the reason for the low savings, economists warn that it the ... retirement age. Instead of building up savings to use during retirement, baby boomers ...

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On Feb 7, 8:45 am, Boston Blackie <bblac...@mail.com> wrote: Well I'm, like reading this and I'm, like "who is she talking about," I mean I'm like "hellooooooooooo? that's how people, like, talk and stuff and I'm like "How did you old people ever, like, communicate with each other, like "smoke signals" or whatever?" " As I read this, I laughed out loud so hard that I actually ...

On 2007-02-06 23:19:21 -0600, "Faye" <theridgeview@att.net> said: You know, like, the generation that, like, says "like" all the time and that, like, forms every sentence as, like, interrogative and that, like, wants most of all to be, like, rich and famous? You know? "Like" the ones who'll be paying for this war when we are not even a memory in their attention deficit ...

On Feb 2, 12:12 pm, "Faye" <theridgev...@att.net> wrote: On Feb 2, 11:53 am, Doug Smith W9WI <w...@invalid.invalid> wrote: I am nowhere near financially savvy enough to know whether that story should be comforting. I think that's how the vast majority feel, Doug, about the whole notion of investing and preparing for one's retirement in general. It's like technology in ...