He who shall not be named is causing havoc in the stock market with his stupid tariffs. As you can see, this impacts me directly. In years past, this was just something I'd look at with slight trepidation anticipating a turnaround eventually. I now live off of this money though so I need to depend on a strong market. And I'm not even in wild, speculative funds. My two funds are closely tied to the S&P 500, a pretty secure, albeit slower paced, investment option. I needed to delay my usual February disbursement since I don't like to sell on a downturn. If this continues, I'll have no choice since I will have to take a $2,500 disbursement by the end of this month. At this rate it could mean my IRA could plunge into the forties! If we go into a fucking recession again, I'm wondering if I'll have enough to even make it to legit retirement in May of next year. And then what? I'm supposed to live ONLY on Social Security? And with Elon and his bros, Big Balls and Company, slashin' n' burnin', will that even be available?
