After the market high in October of 2007, it took the SP500 5 years and 5 months to recover. It hit 1,527 in October of 2007 and did not hit that number again until March of 2013.
Imagine if you were about to retire in the fall of 2008. Your portfolio was still invested heavily in stocks and the market started to decline. You did nothing and waited for the market to recover. As it continued to go down you continued to wait. You waited 65 months.
Do you want to wait 65 months to retire? A lot of people did.
There is no reason to be held hostage by the stock market when you are close to retirement. You should determine when you want to retire, not the stock market.
Whether the market is up down or sideways you should be able to retire.
Back in 2008 and 2009 I heard a lot of people talk about delaying their retirement until the market recovers. I’m hearing the same thing today. Why?
No one can predict what the stock market is going to do. Not the next year, not the next month, not the next day.
Do not delay any longer. Reassess the risk inside your nest egg. How much can you afford to lose?
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