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IronLionZion

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9. The retirement account equivalent would be money market or short term bond funds

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 14, 2018, 10:45 AM

Feb 2018

So a normal person who is close to retirement and feeling risk averse might move some money out of equities as a way to preserve it for when Trump crashes the whole economy.

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Wall Street might not like this: Inflation rises 2.1 percent, faster than expected [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 OP

Well that's obviously Obama's fault. tanyev Feb 2018 #1

There is some truth to that IronLionZion Feb 2018 #11

I think this is a good sign personally. Interest rates will go up. Calista241 Feb 2018 #2

Agree although BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #5

The retirement account equivalent would be money market or short term bond funds IronLionZion Feb 2018 #9

Right BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #12

Now THIS is the Dotard's economic and financial policies coming into play. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #3

We need a secret plan to fight inflation. nycbos Feb 2018 #4

You could feel inflation building from late October into January bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 #6

I may be wrong BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #7

Goods and services covered in calculating CPI: IronLionZion Feb 2018 #10

Okay but they still segregate the figures BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #13

Social Security uses the broader CPI for COLAs. IronLionZion Feb 2018 #14

Okay BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #15

In general as unemployment levels drop inflation rises inwiththenew Feb 2018 #8