When people think of what could haunt their retirement, they often imagine running out of money, facing unexpected expenses, or living too long. But as we discuss in this episode, there's a more insidious villain: sequence of return risk.

Sequence of return risk refers to the threat of poor investment returns occurring early in your retirement years, just when you start withdrawing funds. Even if the average returns over your retirement are sufficient, early losses can irreparably damage your nest egg and dramatically increase the odds of running out of money.

To bring these concepts to life (with a Halloween twist), we walk through a scenario featuring Jamie Lee Curtis's iconic character, Laurie Strode, imagining her retirement through 25 years of market ups and downs. The outcome all depends on her initial withdrawal strategy and, crucially, how her portfolio is allocated.

• [00:00] A Halloween retirement survival tale, ft. Laurie Strode.
• [03:16] Retirement withdrawal scenarios analysis.
• [07:30] Optimizing financial asset allocation.
• [11:47] Diversification protects retirement portfolios.
• [15:16] Retirement portfolio stress testing.
• [16:41] Retirement planning for stability.

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