401 K loses?

[Dredly]

So how bad did everyone do this quarter and this year overall?

Just got my Q3 statement, lost all the money I put in for the quarter and went - 203 for the overall. Luckily I have a loan out against it which took a lot of out of the pool otherwise my loses would have doubled easily. think "net loss" was around 1500?

I think for the year so far I'm down about 10% overall.

My wife's is down about 15% ytd, she lost over 800 this quarter as she doesn't have any new going in.


we just moved them all to the most conservative options available... can't afford to stay in anything anywhere near aggressive

[Wild Bill Klinton]

$27,000 to $29,000 since the new year.

[Kaos]

6% loss this quarter, %25 loss on the whole. Doesnt affect me much because im only 23 and only have a few thousand in there so far.

[Damage control]

$27,000 to $29,000 since the new year.

-24,000 But I have 31 years go make it back.

[Koli01]

have not looked yet.
have 20 yrs till retirement
sure it will go up by then
unless the world goes to shit
then it won't matter
will it

[4XLT]

my buddy works for Hershey Foods adn is retiring next year he told me he lost over $40,000 this past year and will have to find a full time job once retired

[SteveXD]

I think I am down about 9%, but I have more than made that up in the stock market. I've been investing in the sinking of the financials for the last year and it paid off...

I would set my contributions to the max right now. It's a great time to invest!

[Koli01]

my buddy works for Hershey Foods adn is retiring next year he told me he lost over $40,000 this past year and will have to find a full time job once retired

the people that are really hurting now or soon are those living off their 401k (retired) and those about to retire.

[4XLT]

agreed , it really is a bad time in history for us, in 50 years i wonder what will be said about these times ?

[Dredly]

agreed , it really is a bad time in history for us, in 50 years i wonder what will be said about these times ?

in 50 years you think there will be a us? More like in 50 years there will be a huge number of separate nations residing where the US once stood.