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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by gowld on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:47PM (#22528402)
The point is that even pulling out at the worst possible time is still better than having never been in it.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by UncleOxidant on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:52PM (#22528460)
Again: This is my emergency fund. This is my "the shit has hit the fan and it's all gone to hell" (like with a global pandemic, for example) fund. I'm not gonna gamble with the emergency fund. You may. I do not. We have no idea how bad this could get. As I mentioned above, I have other money that I do invest in the market, but I keep a year's worth of expenses in cash (edit: and some in iBonds, but most of that was put in years ago when the yields were higher.)
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Re:Ask HN: How are you preparing yourself for a recession? by p1esk on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:42PM (#22528975)
That point is absurd. You can easily lose everything you invested.
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