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https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:47:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34024 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:47:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34024 She was a bookkeeper and the books weren’t in balance. The increase she made wasn’t covering the management fees, and she had a very conservative portfolio. She made good money during the Clinton years, but Bush was a bust and she bailed.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34022 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:29:46 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34022 Sigh. Before the Commander Guy stole the chair and decided to start wars everywhere, I had every expectation of retiring comfortably, if not early. Now… who knows. Many of my investments are of the “socially responsible” kind, and so far, they haven’t taken a beating quite as bad as I expected. But I can’t imagine anything holding up against a serious recession (or worse). Your mother is, IMHO, very wise, Bryan.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34020 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:44:54 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34020 I’m more than thrilled that my Mother “went liquid” a couple of years ago, and has been making money in CDs and a savings account. It’s not a lot, but it’s ahead of inflation.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34016 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:36:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34016 When I look at how much the value of my retirement savings have fallen since the first of the year I get a little dizzy. It is more than I paid for my first house!

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34003 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:16:43 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34003 Having been in the military and the market, I can assure you, Michael, there’s a good deal more integrity involved in a floating craps game, than a brokerage. The proprietors of craps games are well aware of the amount of “brokerage” that would be involved if they cheated.

]]> https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/comment-page-1/#comment-34002 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:03:53 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/02/10/alternate-history/#comment-34002 We have an economic system that’s run like a floating craps game.

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