If you have a retirement plan, a 401K, IRAs invested in stocks or bonds, or any kind of investments, you have received your October 1 quarterly statement by now. Have you dared to open it?
Just about all of us, whether in stocks or bonds, have had a very large increase in the value of our investments or retirement nest eggs, or 401K, or tiaa-cref plan...
It almost doesn't matter what your investment, we all got a boost from 5 to 10% or more. I checked my own statements, and they're up, well, more than I could have possibly dreamed for. This past quarter was one of the best in our lifetimes.
And the gains have continued. Since October 1st, many of us have had gains of at least 2, 3, 4% - if a person had 100,000, they just earned 2-4 thousand dollars in the past two weeks. If they had 100,000 on July 31st, they have earned $5,000 to %15,000 in the past 3 months. And it gets better...
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