Comments on: Are Your Savings on Track for Retirement? http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/ Personal Finance. Self-Reliance. No Excuses. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: enrique s http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1571 enrique s Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:07:17 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1571 Ultra surf, You're welcome. Ultra surf,

You’re welcome.

]]> By: ultra surf http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 ultra surf Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:47:29 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1567 Thank you for this valuable post. It changed my approach Thank you for this valuable post. It changed my approach

]]> By: enrique s http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 enrique s Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:39:39 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1561 Sure. I’ve written about 9 posts that have been tagged with “retirement”, so I’m sure I’ll write more. It seems to be a hot topic as the Baby Boomer generation gets older. Sure. I’ve written about 9 posts that have been tagged with “retirement”, so I’m sure I’ll write more. It seems to be a hot topic as the Baby Boomer generation gets older.

]]> By: enrique s http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 enrique s Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:39:12 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1560 BlueCollarDollar, I agree, putting your 401k into "safe" investments like money markets or bonds is self-defeating. People will have to work forever to have enough to retire on. I've had people that I work with pull their money out of the market when the time was perfect for bargain hunting. The expression, "buy when there's blood in the streets" couldn't be more true. People lack the fortitude to go against conventional wisdom. BlueCollarDollar,

I agree, putting your 401k into “safe” investments like money markets or bonds is self-defeating. People will have to work forever to have enough to retire on. I’ve had people that I work with pull their money out of the market when the time was perfect for bargain hunting. The expression, “buy when there’s blood in the streets” couldn’t be more true. People lack the fortitude to go against conventional wisdom.

]]> By: babafisa http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 babafisa Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:53:23 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1557 Smith, it is a great post thanks for posting it! Smith, it is a great post thanks for posting it!

]]> By: BlueCollarDollar.com http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 BlueCollarDollar.com Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:44:07 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1554 I am on a sort of a campaign to try and get folks to stop thinking of the money they have in their retirement accounts as savings. I believe this simple confusion of terms created the greatest amount of havoc on those who thought they had "saved" a certain amount only to find out that the market regards that money as "invested". Unless we begin to understand that risk is the most vital component of investing for retirement, I fear that many folks will not have enough to retire on... and not because they haven't saved enough but because they haven't taken enough risk with their money to grow it. I am on a sort of a campaign to try and get folks to stop thinking of the money they have in their retirement accounts as savings. I believe this simple confusion of terms created the greatest amount of havoc on those who thought they had “saved” a certain amount only to find out that the market regards that money as “invested”.

Unless we begin to understand that risk is the most vital component of investing for retirement, I fear that many folks will not have enough to retire on… and not because they haven’t saved enough but because they haven’t taken enough risk with their money to grow it.

]]> By: Kouba http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/are-your-savings-on-track-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Kouba Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:33:17 +0000 http://www.corporatebarbarian.com/?p=1972#comment-1551 Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more? Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more?

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