# Anyone trade stocks?

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**Created:** [December 11, 2012, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-trade-stocks/265722 "2012-12-11T09:56:02Z")
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### Author: ![pitman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@pitman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pitman)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-trade-stocks/265722/10 "2012-12-12T14:16:49Z")

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> [@VOIP or Time Warner](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/voip-or-time-warner/51244/25):
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> yeah i put my 10% into my 401k and it’s matched so that’s great. but looking at it the other day i was like “holy shit, there’s a lot of coin in here” and it’s only been 2.5 years. So now i think i’m goign to up that also.
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> So now i want to start investing money elsewhere, on a bi-weekly paycheck basis. that way i have a stash i can pull if i want to. 401k is pre-tax so you can’t pull it out without paying a lot for fees, and i’m not touching my 401k until retirment anyways.

not saying you wont be able to use it but my dad put alot of money into retirement and he never got to use it. he died well before he could of. i bet the money would of been better off used while he was alive. but i guess everyones different and if it helps you sleep go for it.

i am the type of guy that lives for the moment. i understand tomorow will come but its no guarantee and for some tomorow will never come. i would rather have my fun and live now instead of waiting until retirement to really live. i am not ment to work or labor for just enough to get by. i am ment to live. you see if you get stuck your stuck and itll be hard to un stick yourself.

also look into the fees with withdrawing from a 401k.

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