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Old 02-08-2020, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by BoilerUP View Post
You know many people IN RETIREMENT who have all their savings in a SP500 index fund?

That’s very a aggressive and risky investment strategy for a retiree...
Yes and no. Most people don’t factor in losing roughly 3% of their money to inflation every year.

Making a 3% return on a safe investment would only keep you even, not move you forward like it may seem.
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