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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I will continue to move on with this having very little effect on my life.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt many squids have 401ks, so this tracks. As you were.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's more that what happens to the Dow day-to-day or even week-to-week is not really relevant to most people, even the ones with 401(k)s since it's about what happens in the long term when you're worried about retirement.

So a single day major point drop? It's really not a big deal to anyone but the investor class.

Now if this is the start of a long-term trend, that's another issue. But we can't possibly know that yet.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if it is, the market eventually recovers. Just keep holding what you’ve got and pretending the market doesn’t exist.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And if it doesn't recover, we've all got much bigger problems.

[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it happens again, the government will bail out several companies and in some more serious cases they will end up under state guardianship. However, politics will be turbulent in that scenario.

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

in some more serious cases they will end up under state guardianship.

Unfortunately, I feel this is unlikely without significant political change.