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POLL: What is your 401(k) balance right now

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Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky
  06/27/25
A tiny pink 500k
territorial telephone volcanic crater
  06/27/25
that's not that bad
Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky
  06/27/25
I guess not but the thought of grinding out another 20 years...
territorial telephone volcanic crater
  06/27/25
age?
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
Depends on age. That’s ok for early 30s. Awful for 40s...
Floppy Gas Station
  06/27/25
Yep, I’m early 40s lol
territorial telephone volcanic crater
  06/27/25
lol at a 500k 401k in early 30s. That’s not possible w...
painfully honest institution
  06/27/25
It depend on if that's his primary retirement or if he has ...
Razzle apoplectic hell
  06/27/25
$130k
Mind-boggling bossy hospital
  06/27/25
that's horrendous
Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky
  06/27/25
i'm in between these two guys
Shivering hairy legs
  06/27/25
Same, I'm in between two guys
Vivacious Garnet Laser Beams
  06/27/25
The sum total of all my retirement and brokerage accounts is...
Mind-boggling bossy hospital
  06/27/25
lol no it's not. your net worth is probably 200k, and your ...
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
My mom says I'm special.
Mind-boggling bossy hospital
  06/27/25
even that's not true
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
LOL
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
$3.4 million in combined marital plans.
sadistic fantasy-prone factory reset button church building
  06/27/25
damn
Shivering hairy legs
  06/27/25
Age?
Floppy Gas Station
  06/27/25
Such a waste of capital.
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
Isn't there like a $14K annual contribution cap? Did you se...
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
this discussion happens every 401k thread. partners in bigl...
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
xo posters lie about everything https://www.irs.gov/retireme...
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
...
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
The max is $70K per year including your own $23,500 contribu...
Coral Tanning Salon
  06/27/25
$1.1mm in brokerage accounts, 401k's are flaem
Aromatic national security agency genital piercing
  06/27/25
.
Mind-boggling bossy hospital
  06/27/25
Something like $800-900k for wife and I.
Diverse kitty cat
  06/27/25
~$2m and it's a total waste. Also lol @ all the faggots ITT...
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
If you work in-house matching makes it a no-brainer.
Diverse kitty cat
  06/27/25
just do take a lot of my money and shove it up the ass of so...
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
1) at this point we're old as fuck so a few more decades isn...
Diverse kitty cat
  06/27/25
I want my yacht now.
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
If what's keeping you from a yacht is your 6% 401k contribut...
Diverse kitty cat
  06/27/25
I have $2m in capital tied up in a vehicle I can't access fo...
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
If that's your perspective then sure, stop contributing into...
Diverse kitty cat
  06/27/25
You can withdraw without penalty at 55 if you retire or get ...
Elite Locale
  06/27/25
Why not put it in a Roth?
sick irate roommate ticket booth
  06/27/25
https://youtu.be/njJ41irPjTc?t=15
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
180
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
Did you know you're not required to contribute to a 401K?
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
(guy who is not a biglaw partner)
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
$700k Wife - $600k
deep bright french chef
  06/27/25
43yo, $900k
Rambunctious cobalt pit fat ankles
  06/27/25
Early 40s. ~$2.1mm
titillating impressive center antidepressant drug
  06/27/25
Late 20s, 250k
sick irate roommate ticket booth
  06/27/25
Good job , young gun
Irradiated Plaza Yarmulke
  06/27/25
lol at these responses
painfully honest institution
  06/27/25
go on...
beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency
  06/27/25
30000k
Talented mauve casino electric furnace
  06/27/25
$399,443.16
Insecure 180 Crackhouse
  06/27/25
Monday is likely to be a big day for you friend
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
🤞🏻
Insecure 180 Crackhouse
  06/27/25
IDK $150Kish. But I haven't been working long.
charismatic splenetic foreskin library
  06/27/25
~$300k, which is less than I have in my normal brokerage acc...
Chestnut Stag Film Filthpig
  06/27/25
Same.
Confused mint mad-dog skullcap spot
  06/27/25
350,000 Kinda sad
Swashbuckling ultramarine rehab new version
  06/27/25
all stock/bond investments are like 750k.
Sepia Multi-colored Brunch Voyeur
  06/27/25
$386k total. $324k in trad, $62k in Roth
Yapping Heaven Macaca
  06/27/25
Zero
stimulating chartreuse private investor pistol
  06/27/25
Crrrrrrrrrrrrrr
galvanic glassy pocket flask
  06/27/25
For Benzo reasons or RSF reasons?
titillating impressive center antidepressant drug
  06/27/25
$6 million or so. I checked in January.
Confused mint mad-dog skullcap spot
  06/27/25
...
razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry
  06/27/25
I mean undoubtedly there is a balance but $6 million?
vibrant indirect expression puppy
  06/27/25
$0. I don’t have a 401(k).
ocher fragrant headpube blood rage
  06/27/25


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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054326)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: territorial telephone volcanic crater

A tiny pink 500k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054332)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky

that's not that bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054336)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: territorial telephone volcanic crater

I guess not but the thought of grinding out another 20 years in the law mines to retire is depressing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054353)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

age?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054357)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:18 PM
Author: Floppy Gas Station

Depends on age. That’s ok for early 30s. Awful for 40s+

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054409)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: territorial telephone volcanic crater

Yep, I’m early 40s lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054585)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: painfully honest institution

lol at a 500k 401k in early 30s. That’s not possible with normal contribution limits.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054777)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 11:13 PM
Author: Razzle apoplectic hell

It depend on if that's his primary retirement or if he has other holdings.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055431)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bossy hospital

$130k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054335)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:56 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Cumskin Becky

that's horrendous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054338)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: Shivering hairy legs

i'm in between these two guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054340)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:31 PM
Author: Vivacious Garnet Laser Beams

Same, I'm in between two guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054899)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bossy hospital

The sum total of all my retirement and brokerage accounts is around $1.3M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054350)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:59 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

lol no it's not. your net worth is probably 200k, and your intrinsic value as a human is 0.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054355)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 4:06 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bossy hospital

My mom says I'm special.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054586)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:57 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

even that's not true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054810)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

LOL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054339)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: sadistic fantasy-prone factory reset button church building

$3.4 million in combined marital plans.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054341)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 2:58 PM
Author: Shivering hairy legs

damn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054349)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: Floppy Gas Station

Age?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054411)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

Such a waste of capital.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054446)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:00 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry

Isn't there like a $14K annual contribution cap? Did you serial murder a whole bunch of wives, or what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054816)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:11 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

this discussion happens every 401k thread. partners in biglaw can contribute like 120k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054839)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:16 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry

xo posters lie about everything https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-401k-and-profit-sharing-plan-contribution-limits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054860)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055284)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:40 PM
Author: Coral Tanning Salon

The max is $70K per year including your own $23,500 contribution (i.e., the employer can give you a "match" of up to $46,500).

Also, I assume 401(k) is being used colloquially here and that people are including IRAs too. You can put up to $70K in one of those every year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054921)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:22 PM
Author: Aromatic national security agency genital piercing

$1.1mm in brokerage accounts, 401k's are flaem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054417)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bossy hospital

.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054434)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: Diverse kitty cat

Something like $800-900k for wife and I.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054441)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

~$2m and it's a total waste. Also lol @ all the faggots ITT counting their wives' anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054448)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:33 PM
Author: Diverse kitty cat

If you work in-house matching makes it a no-brainer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054457)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

just do take a lot of my money and shove it up the ass of some vehicle I can't access without significant tax consequences until I'm 60 because who would want to enjoy money now when they can pay thai nurses with it later to change your diapers, tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054465)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Diverse kitty cat

1) at this point we're old as fuck so a few more decades isn't even long at this point

2) we all have tons of money to access now too

3) we would have to put away money for retirement regardless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054491)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

I want my yacht now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054493)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Diverse kitty cat

If what's keeping you from a yacht is your 6% 401k contribution then you can't really afford a yacht.

I suggest a boat club.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054501)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

I have $2m in capital tied up in a vehicle I can't access for another 20 years. That's baot money bro. It's idiotic. Let me spend my money now and I can always shoot myself at 65 if needs be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054507)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:49 PM
Author: Diverse kitty cat

If that's your perspective then sure, stop contributing into 401k. However, it turns out that 65 year olds generally don't want to just killself and if they're broke end up regretting blowing it on dumb shit like a yacht.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054520)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:52 PM
Author: Elite Locale

You can withdraw without penalty at 55 if you retire or get fired (current employer plan only)

You can withdraw without penalty at any age if you take substantially equal periodic payments

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054534)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: sick irate roommate ticket booth

Why not put it in a Roth?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054770)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:03 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry

https://youtu.be/njJ41irPjTc?t=15

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054824)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:42 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055282)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:01 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry

Did you know you're not required to contribute to a 401K?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054820)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:39 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

(guy who is not a biglaw partner)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055267)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:44 PM
Author: deep bright french chef

$700k

Wife - $600k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054494)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: Rambunctious cobalt pit fat ankles

43yo, $900k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054510)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:28 PM
Author: titillating impressive center antidepressant drug

Early 40s. ~$2.1mm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054761)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: sick irate roommate ticket booth

Late 20s, 250k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054765)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:41 PM
Author: Irradiated Plaza Yarmulke

Good job , young gun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055276)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: painfully honest institution

lol at these responses

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054786)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:12 PM
Author: beady-eyed rose sandwich international law enforcement agency

go on...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054841)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 5:58 PM
Author: Talented mauve casino electric furnace

30000k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054814)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:15 PM
Author: Insecure 180 Crackhouse

$399,443.16

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054855)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:17 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry

Monday is likely to be a big day for you friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054861)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:29 PM
Author: Insecure 180 Crackhouse

🤞🏻

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054891)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:33 PM
Author: charismatic splenetic foreskin library

IDK $150Kish. But I haven't been working long.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054903)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Chestnut Stag Film Filthpig

~$300k, which is less than I have in my normal brokerage account. And less than I have in crypto.

I've only ever put in in $6k / year, which is all my company will match.

Used to put money into an IRA separately, but stopped that a while back. I'm going to inherit 8 figures, so make more sense to stack up liquid assets now I can use to invest in real estate, private credit funds, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054938)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Confused mint mad-dog skullcap spot

Same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055302)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:03 PM
Author: Swashbuckling ultramarine rehab new version

350,000

Kinda sad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054964)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:06 PM
Author: Sepia Multi-colored Brunch Voyeur

all stock/bond investments are like 750k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054976)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 7:09 PM
Author: Yapping Heaven Macaca

$386k total.

$324k in trad, $62k in Roth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49054981)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:40 PM
Author: stimulating chartreuse private investor pistol

Zero

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055273)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:43 PM
Author: galvanic glassy pocket flask

Crrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055285)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: titillating impressive center antidepressant drug

For Benzo reasons or RSF reasons?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055403)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Confused mint mad-dog skullcap spot

$6 million or so. I checked in January.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055301)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:52 PM
Author: razzmatazz nudist lodge dingle berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055392)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: vibrant indirect expression puppy

I mean undoubtedly there is a balance but $6 million?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743846&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49055397)



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Date: June 27th, 2025 11:05 PM
Author: ocher fragrant headpube blood rage

$0. I don’t have a 401(k).

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