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To make the most of retirement you have to think differently about EVERYTHING – including investments. Today we talk about how to rethink your investments, specifically how to build an investment portfolio for retirement, how to think about your investment risk in retirement, and what you can do now to put yourself in a better position to retire!

Loren Merkle, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, RETIREMENT INCOME CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL FIDUCIARY®

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Molly Nelson, Host of Retiring Today

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Chapters

00:00 Rethinking Investments in Retirement

02:00 How People Think of Investments Before Retirement

03:07 Building A Recession Resistant Portfolio

07:15 The 60/40 Portfolio Strategy and Why It Is Outdated

12:27 Investing Today is Not the Same as Investing 20 Years Ago

14:10 Alternative Investment Options

15:21 What a Investment Portfolio for retirement looks like

16:57 Annuities and Dependable Income

21:20 Rethinking Your Investment Risk

22:57 How Having Too Much Risk Can Impact Your Investment Portfolio

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