My original plan was to get back in with 25% chunks over a period of time.
Right now, that plan's abandoned.
Read a newspaper article recently that said a recession could be worse than the last one. Economy doesn't seemed primed for comeback next yr. with constant news of thousands of job losses @ big companies. Nortel Networks, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Whirlpool, Motorola, DHL, Circuit City, and the list goes on.
My daughter just started working and I advised her to not put any money in a 401k yet but I'm not a financial planner either.
GL.