if i can get my former company to quit dragging there heals on my 401K, and i can get it before its gone i to will be fine and ready to ride this out LONG TERM.. otherwise,i can go about 18 months more or less.. thankfully the powers that be have put another band aid on the festering sore and as has been the pattern the markets have stabilized. this will not save us however. the markets demise is now inevitable. the problem here is not liquidity and pumping cash into the market is only prolonging the inevitable. which as i stated is fine by me.. i pray it stays above 10,000 for at least another 10 days. there is a very good chance of that now that the new band aid has been placed on the sore. prayerfully there will be no bad news this weekend. and yes A LOT of people are going to lose everything before its over with.