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If I had mine made and could generate enough income from T-bills, I would be there in a New York minute :). I would keep a small portion in a self-managed account, because I have grown to like this as a hobby, and have done all right at it.

A good chunck of our retirement will come from pensions - rock solid public employee pensions from two different state pension funds, both in good financial shape. I suspect we will also get Social Security.

The rest is in:

1) A 457 plan - 401k equiv for public employees - up 14.5% in 2006, 7.5% in 2007 - no employer match in that account, but...

2) A defined contribution portion in our pension - the college kicks in 6% of our salaries, the Oregon Investment Council manages it - up about 14% in 2006, don't have the 2007 results yet.

Self-managed IRAs - up 102% since July 1 2005 - do not have longer term data right now. I made some major changes then and that is when I started tracking performance.

I guess I would say we are on the many small pots of money and we won't starve retirement plan . I am 56 now and can retire in 3 1/2 years, if I chose to.