Just checked the value of my pension fund, and I see it's lost 11% of its value since the beginning of March.

So that's nice.

Thanks, Donald.

#Tariffs #StockMarketCrash #Trump #Pensions

@statsguy I've stopped looking at my pensions and ISAs. I was hoping to start drawing down in about 18 months, so I'm praying for a recovery. Bloody American sociopathic, narcissistic, fascist, orange-faced senile old twat. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

@dave I'm not quite as close to retirement as that, so I'm not totally panicking just yet. But close enough to retirement that I am a bit concerned.

Well, I dunno, maybe I'm not as close to retirement as I thought I was.

@statsguy @dave if interest rates fall then that reduced pension pot will buy an annuity at poorer rates, a double whammy. I'd started to hope that I might not need to work up until I'm 70.

@vicarvernon @dave Well there's a cheerful thought.

Though on the other hand if everything turns to shit on a grand scale and people start hunting and killing the elderly for food, then we might get quite good annuity rates because of the decreased life expectancy in retirement.

#AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSide

@statsguy @vicarvernon I'm relying on the fact that I'm not carrying much lean meat.