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Personal Finance and Investing

TreasonousBastard

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Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Jul 17, 2023, 11:13 PM

Jul 2023

money is everywhere, if confusing. But, hiring a properly honest investment advisor is not so hard. Listening to one sometimes is. My stepfather listened to a bunch of fellow employees and lost half of what he had to what I thought was a Ponzi scheme.

My mother, upon his death, put the rest of it with a proper advisor who did well for her.

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They Had Great Credit Scores. Then They Retired. [View all] question everything Jul 2023 OP

No, or very little, sympathy. Information on what to do with your... TreasonousBastard Jul 2023 #1

I've been retired for 16 years. Mortage has been paid off and I have a defined benefit pension. 3Hotdogs Jul 2023 #2

Retiring is not the death of credit scores. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2023 #3