Friday, October 10, 2008

Mr. Paulson's Wild Ride

So my quarterly 401(k) statement arrived yesterday. I was just speaking with someone about how I should just burn my next statement and not even bother to open it. 

Well, I didn't and I kind of wish I had. The quarter ended September 30, so it doesn't even reflect the last week and a half of daily losses. Even though I know I'm not retiring for another 20+ years, it still really sucks to see a -24.73% rate of return YTD and worry about how much further it will drop before we hit bottom.

I guess all that's left to do is hang on and try not to vomit.

2 comments:

  1. OUCH! I know -- just don't look next quarter. I don't know what my YTD is on my IRA and mutual funds, but I've lost about 15% in the last month. I did really well on my mutuals the last few years, and now I'm down below my initial investment!

    My 401k is down about 25% but I've only it since April so the bottom line isn't so tragic. Wanna invest in Meow Mix with me?

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  2. Bwah! Here's hoping we won't have to resort to cat food!

    I spaced that I got an electronic statement from my ROTH and mutual fund accounts. I guess I blocked it out of my head because I knew it would be ugly. For whatever reason, I don't have D-Town's accounts set up for electronic delivery, so we got his ROTH and IRA rollover statement yesterday. It was ugly. I hate how the statements read because they don't break things down in a way that would make better sense to me, but I could clearly see that he lost a bunch. Bah!

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