Financial Questions

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by -BT-

Do you feel it's hard to plan for your future because of economic uncertainty?I feel that it’s hard to plan for the future b/c of the economy and b/c of the society we live it. I’m tired of opening the paper or reading breaking headlines where innocent people are killed on a weekly basis and before the week is over it’s just another forgotten statistic. I don’t really think too far into the future, b/c I honestly question whether I want to live in this culture for the rest of my life.



-bt-

[cal828]

What keeps you up at night? Nothing. I have already retired and I have an adequate income, but I do sometimes wonder whether some of the decisions I made were the right ones.

If you could get a straight answer.... I would like to know whether anyone that has retired is actually making money in their IRAs? The returns I have been getting are poor. Maybe 2% on money invested. Not because of U.S. equities, but because of poor returns on international stuff like "emerging markets" and "world bonds."

Do you feel its hard to plan for the future..... No. I just hope I have a little more future.

Would you have made different decisions.... Maybe. I might have put money from my 403b in an annuity instead of an IRA.