Comments on: Wall St bets ’09 will be a bull year http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/ Bits of life through these blue eyes . . Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:45:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: delmer http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2765 delmer Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:07:23 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/#comment-2765 When our company was sold I had a little bit of money left in a retirement account that I didn't roll into anything larger. The money grew year after year ... until just recently. The account lost enough money so that the balance is low enough that the company managing it is going to start charging me a service fee. They've done such a poor job managing my money that they've lost enough of it that I no longer have the minimum required for them to waive maintenance fees. (I'm not upset -- everybody tanked -- but it is ironic.) When our company was sold I had a little bit of money left in a retirement account that I didn’t roll into anything larger. The money grew year after year … until just recently.

The account lost enough money so that the balance is low enough that the company managing it is going to start charging me a service fee.

They’ve done such a poor job managing my money that they’ve lost enough of it that I no longer have the minimum required for them to waive maintenance fees. (I’m not upset — everybody tanked — but it is ironic.)

]]> By: Elaine http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 Elaine Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:16:39 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/#comment-2730 <strong>Mary</strong> - I feel the same...optimism is alive again. <strong>Grandalfe</strong> - well I don't watch mine all the time but I do open monthly statements and pay attention. If most of yours is in MS I don't blame you for not looking though, that stock has taken a beating and yet I still hold on to it, despite the losses. Mary – I feel the same…optimism is alive again.
Grandalfe – well I don’t watch mine all the time but I do open monthly statements and pay attention. If most of yours is in MS I don’t blame you for not looking though, that stock has taken a beating and yet I still hold on to it, despite the losses.

]]> By: Gandalfe http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Gandalfe Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:04:07 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/#comment-2728 Happy New Year indeed. Elaine, I just don't wanna look. I will probably take a peek around tax time, but sometimes there are more important things to do than watching investments. My biggest investment is in people, my family, my friends, and my work mates. Be well. Happy New Year indeed. Elaine, I just don’t wanna look. I will probably take a peek around tax time, but sometimes there are more important things to do than watching investments. My biggest investment is in people, my family, my friends, and my work mates. Be well.

]]> By: Mary Walker http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 Mary Walker Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:11:20 +0000 http://elainesplace.net/2009/01/wall-st-bets-09-will-be-a-bull-year/#comment-2727 Happy New Year, Elaine. I also hope there will be some recovery, if only for the sake of those who have lost so much of their hard earned savings. It is going to be interesting to see how we deal with the aftermath of 2008 and the last 8 years. Strangely I am not as pessimistic as I have been recently. Happy New Year, Elaine. I also hope there will be some recovery, if only for the sake of those who have lost so much of their hard earned savings. It is going to be interesting to see how we deal with the aftermath of 2008 and the last 8 years. Strangely I am not as pessimistic as I have been recently.

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