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Noting the volatility of various retirement products and the long-term uncertainty of global markets, financial advisor Michael Reynolds recommended Tuesday that investors always keep one bullet in the chamber, just in case. “Even if you’re a more conservative investor who keeps most of your savings in bonds and money market accounts, it just makes a lot of sense to have a round locked and loaded at all times in the event of a major financial market disruption,” said Reynolds, who stressed the importance of maxing out yearly IRA contributions and regularly cleaning and oiling the barrel.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Yup, that's one way to meet him more quickly.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That last line took it from dark humor to inappropriate, in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

How does the last line make it any more inappropriate than the rest?

Only things I can see are you either hate oiling the barrel or you've mixed up which IRA they are talking about.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The other last line.

Reynolds added that while at the minimum, investors will want to have a single bullet in the chamber for themselves, ideally, individuals should make sure they have enough so the whole family is taken care of.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Ahh, my mistake. It never occurred to me that the actual article continued dragging on.

It feels like they thought of "make sure the whole family is taken care of" after finishing the story and just shoved it in. It changes the tone and makes me feel validated in my opinion that reading The Onion articles just ruins the perfect headlines.