09/17/2026
Retire right before a market crash and the same downturn can hurt far more than it would have a few years earlier. This is the risk almost nobody plans for. ⚠️
While you’re working, a crash is uncomfortable — but you’re still adding to your portfolio, buying in at lower prices, and giving your money years to recover.
The moment you retire, that flips. You’re no longer contributing. You’re withdrawing. And pulling income out of a portfolio that’s already down forces you to sell more shares to cover the same expenses — locking in losses you never get back.
It has a name: sequence of returns risk. It’s why two people with identical savings can retire the same year and end up in completely different places, based on nothing but when the market fell.
The good news? It’s plannable. This is exactly what building a retirement income strategy is meant to protect against.
In it with you,
Jarrod
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