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My parents just liquidated part of their estate to all the children. I've not had to consider such a large lump sum previously and I'm a little hesitant as to what to do with it. It was actually in a trust prior to the disbursement and my parents told me not to worry about retirement. With the uncertain economic environment and upcoming election they felt it best to go ahead and disburse the funds.

1). I'm not a stock market player. I HATE aggressive investing. I realize that's counter productive; however, it's the way I feel so please take it into consideration.

2). Both my wife an I have a 401k of nominal value due to job changes. Since my parents told us not to worry about retirement we didn't. We are 46 and 47.

3). I like gold and made a decent return when I bought at 400.00, but feel it's too expensive for a large investment at the present time. Thoughts?

4). I'm not a big fan of real estate thought it does appear the market has pretty much hit bottom.

We have some nominal credit card debt and a car loan that we will pay off first. We'll also be able to save a pretty good sum per month since we'll be debt free (other than mortgage). Probably about $3,650.00 or so.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

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This is in Washington State.

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