That's okay; I never needed to retire, anyway

I've got some Pfizer too.....

How about AOL stock? Down from a high of about $72 to about $12/share.

I never buy drug stocks. I 'll buy the Health mutual funds instead.

Well, it's all according to the way that I look at it. If I had sold before the balloon burst, I would be a much richer lady than I am today. As it is, I am a bit in the "red" but nothing to get hysterical about, and I am still collecting my dividends. I have a couple of "stinkers", but it does not pay to unload them now.

Phoenix:

The dividends do help. But then , for the 2002 tax, we still have to pay taxes on them.

I bought CISCO SYSTEMS (NasdaqNM:CSCO) a while back at $20.00 thinking that was the tanked - oops - been to $8.12 now at $13.00 or so.

I used to be one of the top folks at this site like ranked between 1 and 5 before they changed come of the rules, then took out a couple of my big winners, saying there was a program problem. Oh well there are about 48 people who subscribe to my stock picks - still and I'm not even in the top 10% anymore....
You can get a peek here:
Cornhusker

The idea is that they let you have $10,000 worth of one companies stock. So for each stock I started out with $10,000 in value.
So at this very moment I'm close to brake even.

Righ now my rank is 1082 out of about 3000

husker:

It could have been much worse.

Well, I inherited the Pfizer, so I guess I shouldn't complain about it (e. g. anything above $0 is gravy). But - AIG!

We had also taken a bath on SWEC (I think it's SGE on the NYSE; it's the old Stone & Webster stock, which is now Shaw Stone & Webster). Hubby worked there, so his retirement account was through them. They didn't just halve - went to something like 10% of their original value. We were lucky, though, in that he'd only worked there for 5 years. Guys who'd worked there for 20 years completely lost their shirts.

Working on my taxes now. Oof.

Good luck on the taxes!

Jes how long you own the Pfizer? That gunna be a short term or long term? fer cap. gains?

I've had the Pfizer since, um, I think 2000.

I bought mine at the begining of 2000, or was it the end of 1999.....?

My company had an all time high of $373 - now it's under $1.50......

I didn't get in at IPO, but it was pretty high when I vested, but I was being a "responsible adult" - 'invest for your future Sugar', 'savings accounts are for babies, Sugar', 'it's a nice way to plan for your wedding/house/future children, Sugar'.

Well pppppbbbbbbtttthhhhhhh to all that. Still broke, still got to pay for all that stuff. I'll have toilet paper though!

I don't even want to talk about my 401K. I thought I'd be able to borrow against it as a first time house buyer with no penalties. Wow, yeah, all $500 of it, and my company decided to stop contributing at the beginning of the year. Double ppppppppbbbbbbtttttthhhhh!!!!!!!!

Don't worry ya'll, the nation's rich are going to be able to buy another vacation house and they'll get a tax deduct limit raised to $75,000 on their SUV's. These guys were doing so bad - remember all they lost was much, much more than what you have lost! And they pay all the taxes anyway!

OK - what part of your income is the value of your car or suv?

ie: your income in $70,000.00 and your car or suv is $35,000 that would be 50%.
or income is $30,000 and car value is $35,000 that would be like 117%

lets say if your car was new this year, to keep it easier. Because mine new is like 50% but used is like 6%

I guess Im lucky, I had to cash out the portfolio in 1998 or was it 99?? Anyhow... and have been holding back from going back in for the moment. Ive managed the rise and fall for others though, just glad Im not watching them now...probably about to jump out the window...and frankly, Id have a hard time not laughing at them.
When I hear about peeps like Sug, I say..yeah..that would be me, Im good.
Yeah, Ill prolly be working with Jes come 2055 Ah well...in good company anyway!
Its okay, this too shall pass...when though...argh.
taxes...that should be a four letter word!!! dangit.

I haven't looked at my porfolio in about 9 months. Now, it tax time and I have to <sigh>!