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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 08:51:31 AM

Title: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 08:51:31 AM
pretty sad, but true
i work in financial and see it all the times

i know some hmong people like to pretend
that they are middle class
but yes

your $100k mortgage and that $30k car
that alone puts you in the hole at -$130k





https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/10/06/why-half-of-americans-cant-come-up-with-400-in-an-emergency/106216294/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2017/10/06/why-half-of-americans-cant-come-up-with-400-in-an-emergency/106216294/)

As recently as 2016, the Federal Reserve surveyed more than 5,000 Americans about their financial situation. Among the findings was one startling statistic: Approximately 46% of Americans stated they do not have enough money to cover a $400 emergency expense.
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: Reporter on June 29, 2018, 09:01:12 AM
I know people who flaunt their appearances in the millions but when bills are only in the hundreds, they can't pay.

Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 09:05:34 AM
I know people who flaunt their appearances in the millions but when bills are only in the hundreds, they can't pay.

there a great book
call "the millionaire next door"
worth a read
but i will break down the short version

1. average joe who invest
2. frugal lifestyle
3. spouse who stay at home and take care of the kids

i'm kinda of surprise at the spouse stay home thing
but yes

Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 09:09:10 AM
a lot of hmong folks, i talk to
they don't included things like

mortgage, auto loan, student debt, credit card, etc...


sureeee...
you have $10k in your saving account
and $25k in your 401k retirement

but you are still  -$130k+++ in debt
from mortgage, auto loan, student debt, credit card,


hahah

slave to the system
the chain are invisible but it's there
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 09:11:25 AM
you gotta invest
if you want to be rich
at least take the 401k at work

6%-10% of your paycheck
and you will be good later in life
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: Yebleng on June 29, 2018, 09:50:45 AM
Lol I don't believe it
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 10:36:30 AM
Lol I don't believe it

It’s a hard life
Check out my weekly $7.25 post
Where I go to the mall and etc...

And it’s dead as a zombie

Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: flint-rod on June 29, 2018, 12:01:00 PM
regarding a mortgage... in this up-turn economy... though i am slaving away to make my $900.00 monthly payment... i have over 200k in equity so i wldn't necessarily consider it debt... i could sell it, as is, right now and cash out some property with a house in southern wisconsin for 50k and retire comfortably but wisconsin sucks giant cow balls so the chances of me doing that is next to none... lol!
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: flint-rod on June 29, 2018, 12:07:23 PM
i have family in wausau, madison, and milwaukee...  but like i said... wisconsin suck balls so bad i wldn't be caught living there ever... lol! there's a reason why wisconsin is relatively cheap compared to colorado... it sucks and many of u hmong folks there are fat and alcoholics... be drinking 40's almost every weekend cause u ain't have nothing better to do... lol!
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: Fancee on June 29, 2018, 12:24:04 PM
I know people who flaunt their appearances in the millions but when bills are only in the hundreds, they can't pay.
What are your thoughts on people who are so bent on "status" ... like doctors, lawyers?
They expect you to address them "Attorney Reporter" or "Dr. Fancee".

Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 12:56:31 PM
regarding a mortgage... in this up-turn economy... though i am slaving away to make my $900.00 monthly payment... i have over 200k in equity so i wldn't necessarily consider it debt... i could sell it, as is, right now and cash out some property with a house in southern wisconsin for 50k and retire comfortably but wisconsin sucks giant cow balls so the chances of me doing that is next to none... lol!

Probably a good move
But until than
You are still in the holes
-$100k++. Whatever mortgage you have left


We call that unrealized gain
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 12:59:10 PM
i have family in wausau, madison, and milwaukee...  but like i said... wisconsin suck balls so bad i wldn't be caught living there ever... lol! there's a reason why wisconsin is relatively cheap compared to colorado... it sucks and many of u hmong folks there are fat and alcoholics... be drinking 40's almost every weekend cause u ain't have nothing better to do... lol!

Damn
Dude

You described us good
Not going lie

At least fishing and hunting is good here

Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on June 29, 2018, 01:05:45 PM
What are your thoughts on people who are so bent on "status" ... like doctors, lawyers?
They expect you to address them "Attorney Reporter" or "Dr. Fancee".

Sure
That’s what they specialize in

Welder weld
Doctors fix people
Attorney do laws


People on PH were upset when I Chose CM PUNK
A guy who never fight mix martial art
To lose

You put an amateur against a pro
You going get bad results every time
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: theking on June 29, 2018, 05:59:53 PM

i work in financial ...


 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: theking on June 29, 2018, 06:02:56 PM

People on PH were upset when I Chose CM PUNK
A guy who never fight mix martial art
To lose

Wrong, "People on PH" were not "upset"...

Wrong part II, CM PUNK already had a fight before that fight...
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: theking on June 29, 2018, 06:07:15 PM
you gotta invest
if you want to be rich

Why do all that when you can win millions of dollars through the powerball and lottery since you claimed to be the "hmong Nostradamus" and is "always right"...
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: Reporter on June 29, 2018, 09:06:49 PM
Spouse? Man or woman?

there a great book
call "the millionaire next door"
worth a read
but i will break down the short version

1. average joe who invest
2. frugal lifestyle
3. spouse who stay at home and take care of the kids

i'm kinda of surprise at the spouse stay home thing
but yes
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: hmgROCK on July 02, 2018, 01:06:06 PM
Spouse? Man or woman?

mostly woman spouse who stay at home
the book talk about man who makes $100,000
the book came out in 1995
 
but study is probably like in the 70 or 80s

so this ain't your average joe today
this are some really wealthy people in good income


3 takeaway

1. frugal
2. good job
3. spouse who stay at home (tend the kids)

not the case these days
Title: Re: old news, but about 46% of american has less than $400 in saving
Post by: DuMa on July 02, 2018, 01:29:27 PM
$100K considered "low income" in parts of Bay Area

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bay-area-100k-low-income-housing-san-francisco-san-mateo/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bay-area-100k-low-income-housing-san-francisco-san-mateo/)