Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement Some things to consider. During your accumulation years, you may have categorized your risk as “conservative,” “moderate,” or “aggressive,” and that guided how your portfolio was built. Maybe you concerned yourself with finding the “best-performing funds,” even though you knew past performance does not guarantee future results. What…
Two financial unknowns may erode our degree of confidence. The financial uncertainties we face in retirement may risk reducing our sense of confidence, potentially undermining our outlook during those years. Indeed, according to the 2018 Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefits Research Institute, only 17% of pre-retirees said they are “very confident” about having enough…
Market Chaos and Your Portfolio Holy Volatility! It has definitely been a rocky week since our last blog post. Since that time, we’ve seen: Friday – 02/02/2018 – DJIA Plunged 666 points (2.5%) Monday – 02/05/2018 – DJIA Plunges 1597 points before “recovering” to close down 1175 points (4.6%) Tuesday – 02/06/2018 – DJIA Futures Plunged 1,000 Points…