Retirement funds could be savings, which is only paying a max of 2.3% YMMV. I could see using a small portion of savings to buy a few cards, rather than staring at number in a screen. The hobby has been a place of camaraderie for decades, as well as a magic carpet as Burdick wrote. You cant put a price on that!
This thread has morphed from "retirement funds" to major stocks, indexes, 401ks, and the like. I see there caveats and pitfalls of all. In cards, like anything else
Be greedy when others are fearful. Be fearful when others are greedy. Where say you, are we on that scale?
When the shoeshine boy is giving tips to buy prewar HOFers...
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