19/03/2025
Retirement is not supposed to be stressful!
But in my experience the number one worry of my retiree clients before they become clients is : what if I lose all of my money!?
Everyone has a story of someone they know who 'Lost everything' - particularly if they retired through the GFC of 2008
But the thing is you will never LOSE money unless you sell something for less than you paid for it. For those investors who STAYED the course and stayed invested through the GFC (and every historical share market correction for that matter), they didn't lose one dollar. In times of volatility, on paper, sure your NetWorth will vary, however a good quality, well designed retirement portfolio will still pay income (dividends & interest) even through market downturns.
And so, a correctly structured portfolio, which avoids the need to sell assets at times of volatility to fund drawdowns - will never need to crystalise any losses and therefore will not LOSE MONEY.
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