I didnt have much to begin with only lost about 12k, I have nothing anyway. My mother lost roughly 100k in her retirement fund from all this crashing. My grandmother even more. How much have you lost in Trump’s Tantrum Tariffs game?

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    17 days ago

    Person investing account got drained during my last family emergency, so none.

    401k? Haven’t checked, but probably about 15% since the last time I checked on it, right around the time Trump took office. Probably lost around 2% over the last 12 months based on the S&P 500. Looks like I’m probably still up somewhere between 50 and 90% since I started with my current employer.

    Advice? Don’t panic sell. Odds are pretty good the market will be back up eventually.

    If you’ve the spare cash handy now might be a good time to invest in individual companies with a solid track record of paying out dividends. I generally aim for dividend yields in the 5 to 10% range, but there might be some good bargains right now with higher yields. Just make sure they haven’t announced that they are suspending dividends or going out of business or something.

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      17 days ago

      Advice? Don’t panic sell. Odds are pretty good the market will be back up eventually.

      100 percent this. You only lose money in a down market if you sell while it’s down. That’s why rich people see everything as being on sale, and they always profit in market dips like this. It’s because they laugh when people panic, and then buy everything at the super low prices.

      I’m not even rich, and I’m following this strategy! lol