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[–] [email protected] 117 points 3 months ago (32 children)

Tbh Wall Street can fuckin off. They helped create this mess. If this ship is going down, let's make sure none of the assholes find a seat on a life boat.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 3 months ago (26 children)

All of everyone’s retirement accounts are invested in the market. So it’s not just those assholes who get fucked by this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

How much of retirement accounts represent in % for the overall stock market?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Assuming that all of the equities held by the bottom 99% are invested in retirement accounts, it would be 50.1% of the market. [https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/table/#quarter:140;series:Corporate%20equities%20and%20mutual%20fund%20shares;demographic:networth;population:all;units:shares]

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