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Old 07-29-2019, 03:20 AM
 
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Even though only 1 in 4 make it to 90..you have to at least plan for it. Worst that happens is you go earlier and leave it to family. Not having it would be a bigger disaster.
life insurance companies can tell us how many people each year will die . they are pretty good at statistics .

the problem is they can't tell us who ...us humans only have two outcomes ... we are the one that lived or we are the one that died .

so predict your outcome carefully .

keep in mind statistics for a couple are very different . one in a couple has almost a 50% chance of seeing 90 .. it is very different then a single because you have two horses in the race with one bet and either can outlive the other

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Old 07-29-2019, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Henderson, NV
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It’s hard to know what to do with cash on the side, I think I’m just going to throw it into CDs for the time because I can’t afford to risk it really. I don’t need to, either. 90% of my money is aggressively invested, that’s the 10% I need safe but it’s still frustrating it can’t get better than a 2.5% return. Ouch.
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Old 07-29-2019, 01:16 PM
 
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I use assorted bond funds .they have done better then cash for my shorter term money
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Old 07-29-2019, 08:20 PM
 
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It’s hard to know what to do with cash on the side, I think I’m just going to throw it into CDs for the time because I can’t afford to risk it really. I don’t need to, either. 90% of my money is aggressively invested, that’s the 10% I need safe but it’s still frustrating it can’t get better than a 2.5% return. Ouch.
I can get 2.75% for 12 mo cd
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Old 07-30-2019, 12:24 PM
 
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I would never want to tie money up for a year. You never know when another December 2018 will happen.
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Old 07-30-2019, 12:51 PM
 
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I would never want to tie money up for a year. You never know when another December 2018 will happen.
Depends if it is short term money or long term money . Except for rebalancing the short term money still stays short term money
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