Taking money out of retirement funds to purchase cards

[ClementeFanOh]

Hi all- interesting topic for sure. To Rats60, bad news! We seem to think
alike at lot of the time In all candor, I have yet to take money out of a
retirement fund to buy a card (or comic book, etc) but I cannot fault those
who have. Finances are an intensely personal thing, too complex for most
individuals to lay out in a net54 post. Most folks who claim to "know"
financial markets should immediately be disregarded out of hand, they
"know" zero. Depending on the specific person's means, a withdrawal he/she
approves for the purpose of buying an extravagant collectible, cannot be
dismissed out of hand as a "bad" decision. I'd be willing to wager that many
of you have family members/friends/coworkers who have made
spectacularly unwise decisions for buying spur of the moment items with
retirement funds (insert item "X" here). How can a card with real investment
potential be a worse buy, than classic forehead slappers we all possess
knowledge about? In fact, that could be a compelling "Off Topic" thread
itself- what's the dumbest thing you can name, that someone frittered
away retirement funds to buy? What could possibly go wrong with that
topic? Trent King