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And today the Dow hits 50k for the first time. On a side note, I'd really like people to quit using the Dow,
 
KnappShack said:
This just cannot be true

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https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf

I think it only takes employee sponsored retirement accounts into consideration, and a large number of people don't have access to those. Some of those people presumably have IRAs or whatever. So the $995 includes lots of people that have $0 by default.

Although maybe just as scary is the median for people that do have some saved is only $40,000 apparently.
 
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3TrueFans said:
https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf

I think it only takes employee sponsored retirement accounts into consideration, and a large number of people don't have access to those. Some of those people presumably have IRAs or whatever. So the $995 includes lots of people that have $0 by default.

Although maybe just as scary is the median for people that do have some saved is only $40,000 apparently.
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Sounds like now is the time to invest in Fancy Feast
 
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KnappShack said:
This just cannot be true

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3TrueFans said:
https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf

I think it only takes employee sponsored retirement accounts into consideration, and a large number of people don't have access to those. Some of those people presumably have IRAs or whatever. So the $995 includes lots of people that have $0 by default.

Although maybe just as scary is the median for people that do have some saved is only $40,000 apparently.
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Also, if you just have a pension, they count you as $0 I believe.
 
dmclone said:
Medicaid is the answer for most elderly people. My mother is living in the same place she was living in before, which was costing her $9k/month. She quickly ran out of money, and went on Medicaid. They then gave her $50/month in spending money. This sounds absolutely horrible, but when you're in a nursing home, there isn't anything to buy. It's just a sad existence, and not something I will allow myself to go through.
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I get this, but I also don’t entirely understand it. I’m conflicted.

I’ve seen my grandparents live a relatively long, lonely end of life in a nursing home that drained an extremely healthy nest egg.

But I’ve also been a part of an In-law end of life that “refused” the nursing home with enough adequate in-home care impossible to find. The amount of unconsented stress, trauma, and downright danger this put everyone through trying to piece meal things together was insane.

After seeing both, I’d rather wilt away in a nursing home than make my kids and grandkids struggle through my stubbornness.

I’ve also decided best case scenario is dying in a horrific single car accident while driving myself to the nursing home.
 
Dopey said:
I get this, but I also don’t entirely understand it. I’m conflicted.

I’ve seen my grandparents live a relatively long, lonely end of life in a nursing home that drained an extremely healthy nest egg.

But I’ve also been a part of an In-law end of life that “refused” the nursing home with enough adequate in-home care impossible to find. The amount of unconsented stress, trauma, and downright danger this put everyone through trying to piece meal things together was insane.

After seeing both, I’d rather wilt away in a nursing home than make my kids and grandkids struggle through my stubbornness.

I’ve also decided best case scenario is dying in a horrific single car accident while driving myself to the nursing home.
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Or you could actually have the best case scenario and push for more death with dignity options in your state
 
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I expect the experts will have a chart correlating crypto and silver tanking which will explain the Dow rising today on Monday morning before the bell.
 
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swiacy said:
I expect the experts will have a chart correlating crypto and silver tanking which will explain the Dow rising today on Monday morning before the bell.
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buy all dips seems to be the play still
 
I don't mess with leveraged ETFs, but if AMZU hits in the $24.XX in the next week I'm going to take a nibble. Already added some AMZN commons on the drop, will add more of it keeps dipping on the AI spending concerns.
 
frackincygy said:
I don't mess with leveraged ETFs, but if AMZU hits in the $24.XX in the next week I'm going to take a nibble. Already added some AMZN commons on the drop, will add more of it keeps dipping on the AI spending concerns.
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I'm so torn on Amazon.
Instead of returning cash to shareholders, they take the high-margin profits generated by AWS and pour them into high-risk, high-reward ventures. They did this with AWS, and created what I consider the most impressive tech that I've ever seen. The problem is that this seems to be a never ending cycle.
 
dmclone said:
I'm so torn on Amazon.
Instead of returning cash to shareholders, they take the high-margin profits generated by AWS and pour them into high-risk, high-reward ventures. They did this with AWS, and created what I consider the most impressive tech that I've ever seen. The problem is that this seems to be a never ending cycle.
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Depends on one's perspective/ timeline. For me, this is a feature, not a bug.
 
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