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Couple faces retirement fears amid market swings: "We don't have do-over time"

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"I feel like I'm on a rollercoaster," Alicia Gomez , 57 , and her husband, Chu , 59 , are experiencing waves of an uncertain, see-sawing market.

"We have a name for living through that kind of volatility, and it's called scarring," economist Teresa Ghilarducci says.

The Gomezes say their retirement investments are up by about 3% this year .

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