During a down turn, when you think that you need to change your acid allocation or the level of your risk, especially now, i think it's definitely dangerous to lower the expected risk. So even if you're going to just down shift, you're not going to get completely out of the market. You're going to down shift so that your portfolio is a little tighter. The idea that i can get high returns in less risk, it doesn't exist. When you want to have higher returns, you have to notch up the standard deviation which is the risk level.
#399: Bella is SO CLOSE to reaching F.I.R.E and is worried about her withdrawal rate if the stock market drops. If the stock market does drop, can she withdraw as much as she had originally planned?
Sam has been investing for several decades and thinks that he should stay invested in his portfolio, despite the recent drop in value…but he is still wondering if there’s a chance that he should sell.
Meisha is making more money at her new job but can’t contribute to her 401(k) for the first six months - what should she do with her extra money in this interim??
Kyria is a young investor with multiple goals: she’s wondering how to best save for a downpayment without it being eroded by inflation and also whether her investment choices should take on more risk, since time is on her side.
Former financial planner Joe Saul-Sehy and I tackle these four questions in today’s episode.
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