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re: What Percentages in each cat should I do in 401K?

Posted on 3/20/09 at 12:22 pm to
Posted by LoyalTiger211
ds
Member since Dec 2008
223 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 12:22 pm to
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I will entertain any fundamental analysis you have to support your conclusion.. .otherwise I am not sure why I would jump in during one of greatest deleveraging and bubble deflations the world has seen.



So go safe and do bonds, and low stock? Let me know what you think.
Posted by Dusty Bottoms
Guadalajara
Member since Nov 2006
931 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 12:57 pm to
Unless you plan to tell everyone precisely when to get back into equities, you shouldn't be advising them to stay out.

Do you really want that pressure?
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15043 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 1:03 pm to
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Unless you plan to tell everyone precisely when to get back into equities, you shouldn't be advising them to stay out.

Do you really want that pressure?

I may not be able to predict when the sun's going to come out, but I can sure as hell tell you it's raining.
Posted by coloradoBengal
Member since Sep 2007
32608 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 1:04 pm to
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Keeping mine maxed... thanks for pointing out there is no law that 401K's must go in equities... seriously people seem to forget that.


define "equities" for the fricktards (like me)

Are bonds equities? Stocks? what, as an example, would my 401k tool (appropriate term) call a "non-equities" fund or category? Thanks.
Posted by Dusty Bottoms
Guadalajara
Member since Nov 2006
931 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 1:06 pm to
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I may not be able to predict when the sun's going to come out, but I can sure as hell tell you it's raining.


So you're going to stay inside for the rest of your life. Brilliant.
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15043 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 1:06 pm to
Non-equities, for these purposes, are pretty much anything but stocks. Bonds are a form of debt.

If you don't understand these basic distinctions and definitions, you're not ready to make these decisions. You should go to the library and get some beginning investing books. Do a quick search to find some that have been recommended in the past.
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15043 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 1:07 pm to
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So you're going to stay inside for the rest of your life. Brilliant.

No, I'm going to eventually go outside after the sun comes out, but in the meantime I'm sure as hell not going to stand around in the rain.
Posted by seawolf06
NH
Member since Oct 2007
8159 posts
Posted on 3/20/09 at 2:30 pm to
I didn't change my current mix by moving money from stock accounts to others, but I did change my future allocations to a majority of long and short term bonds and MMA for the time being.
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