Your Changing Definition of Risk in Retirement

During your accumulation years, you may have categorized your risk as โ€œconservative,โ€ โ€œmoderate,โ€ or โ€œaggressive,โ€ and that guided how your portfolio was built. Maybe you concerned yourself with finding the โ€œbest-performing funds,โ€ even though you knew past performance does not guarantee future results. What occurs with many retirees is a change in mindset โ€“ itโ€™s less about finding the โ€œbest-performing fundโ€ and more about consistent performance. It may be less about a risk continuum โ€“ that stretches from conservative to aggressive โ€“ and more about balancing the objectives of maximizing your income and sustaining it for a lifetime. You Read More